IBM ATA-3 Deskstar Hard Disk Drive User’s Guide, Installing the Drive in the Drive Bay, Partition

Step 4. Installing the Drive in the Drive Bay

Mount	the hard		disk	drive	in the	drive bay	using	the	four	mounting
screws		provided	with	the	drive.	For proper	grounding	be	sure	to use
all	four	screws.

Connect

an available

dc

power-cable connector to the

four-pin

dc

power

connector

on

the

drive. The

cable

connector

is

keyed

and

fits

only

one

way.

Be

sure

that

the

cables

will

not

be pinched

or crowded

by

the

computer

cover

and that

all

other

cable

and

power

connections

are

secure.

Step 5. Connecting the Drive and the Cables

Connect

the

drive

to

an

available

40-pin

connector

on

the

IDE

interface

cable.

The

interface

cable

can

have

up

to

three

connectors.

For

the

best

signal

quality

when

you

are

connecting

only

one

device

on

the

IDE

cable,

connect

one

end

of

the

cable

to

the

IDE

port

and

connect

the

device

to

the

connector

on

the

other

end.

Do

not

use

the

middle

connector.

Step 6. Closing the Computer

1. Replace the computer cover and secure it in place.

2. Reconnect any disconnected external devices.

Be sure	that		the	keyboard,	mouse,	monitor, and other external
devices	are	securely		attached.
3. Reconnect	the	ac	power cord		to the	computer.

If

you

are

connecting

two

devices

on

the

IDE cable,

connect one

end

middleStep

7.

Preparing

the

Drive

for

Use

to

the

IDE

port

and

connect

the

master

and

slave

devices

to

the

connector

or

the

connector

on

the

other

end.

Many

computers

have

two

cables

for

attaching

up

to

four

ATA

devices.

For

best

Attention:

Partitioning

a hard

disk

drive

or

installing

Disk

performance,

attach

the

fast

devices

(hard

drives)

on

one cable

with

Manager

on

the

drive

erases

all

user

data

on the

drive.

the

slower

devices

(ATA

CD-ROM's,

tape

drives

or

removable

media

drives)

on

the

second

cable.

If

you

must

move

a

slower

device

to

a

Disk

Partition

Size

Limitation

second cable,

consult

your

system

manual

to

properly

configure

the

device.

11 When referring to hard-disk-drive-capacity, GB means 1 000 000 000 bytes; total user-accessible capacity may vary depending on op erating system.

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