System Board Drive Connections

Follow the guidelines in the illustration and table below when connecting drives to the system board.

Figure 2-9System Board Drive Connections

Drive Configuration

System Board Connectors

 

 

1 hard drive

primary hard drive: (1) SATA1

1 optical drive

optical drive: (2) SATA2

 

 

1 hard drive

primary hard drive: (1) SATA1

2 optical drives

first optical drive: (2) SATA2

 

second optical drive: (4) SATA4

 

 

2 hard drives

primary hard drive: (1) SATA1

0 optical drives

secondary hard drive: (2) SATA2

 

 

2 hard drives

primary hard drive: (1) SATA1

1 optical drive

secondary hard drive: (3) SATA3

 

optical drive: (2) SATA2

 

 

2 hard drives

primary hard drive: (1) SATA1

2 optical drives

secondary hard drive: (3) SATA3

 

first optical drive: (2) SATA2

 

second optical drive: (4) SATA4

 

 

media card reader

(5) USB connector (white)

 

 

diskette drive

(6) FDD connector (black)

 

 

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