HP HEWLET VECTRA VA 6/XXX manual Hard disk drive, Drives

2 How to Install Accessories In Your PC

Installing Mass Storage Devices

Internal Connectors If you add a flexible disk drive, hard disk drive, CD-ROM drive, or tape drive, you need to connect it to power and data cables. The data cables are shown below:

Connectors for 3.5-inch	Connector for
Flexible Disk Drive or	5.25-inch
Tape Drive	Flexible Disk
	Drive

For Bootable Hard Disk Drive

Connectors for Primary

IDE Hard Disk Drives

Connectors for Secondary IDE Drive for CD-ROM or Hard Disk drive

Which Connectors to There are two different cables for IDE drives:
Use	• The first cable is attached to the connector marked “Primary IDE” on
	the system board connector, and has two connectors on the cable.
	The first connector must be connected to the bootable (master)
	hard disk drive. The second (or slave) connector is for a secondary
	hard disk drive.
	• The second cable is attached to the connector marked “Secondary
	IDE” on the system board, and has two connectors on the cable. The
	connectors can be used for either CD-ROM drives or hard disk
	drives.
NOTE	If you install a hard disk drive and connect it to the same cable to which
	the CD-ROM drive is connected, the hard disk drive must be connected
	to the middle connector, not the end connector. If you have a CD-ROM
	drive currently connected to the middle connector, you must reconnect

the CD-ROM drive to the end connector of the cable, and then attach the new hard disk drive to the middle connector.

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