Installing Additional Drives

When installing additional drives, follow these guidelines:

The primary Serial ATA (SATA) hard drive must be connected to the dark blue primary SATA connector on the system board labeled SATA0.

Connect the first SATA optical drive to the white SATA connector on the system board labeled SATA1.

Connect a second SATA optical drive to the black SATA5 connector.

Connect a second SATA hard drive to the red SATA4 connector.

Connect a diskette drive to the connector labeled FLOPPY.

Connect a media card reader to the USB connector labeled F_USB2.

The system does not support Parallel ATA (PATA) optical drives or PATA hard drives.

You may install either a third-height or a half-height drive into a half-height bay.

If needed, HP has provided extra drive retainer screws on the interior of the front bezel that are used to secure the drives in the drive cage. Hard drives use 6-32 standard screws. All other drives use M3 metric screws. The HP-supplied M3 metric guide screws (1) are black. The HP-supplied 6-32 standard screws (2) are silver.

Figure 2-16Extra Drive Retainer Screws Location

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DX7500 specifications

The HP DX7500 is a robust desktop computer that's designed primarily for small to medium-sized businesses looking for a reliable and efficient computing solution. Built to handle everyday tasks with ease, this model showcases a combination of performance, flexibility, and reliability.

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