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Installing a Hard Disk Drive
1.
Install the hard disk drive into the drive cage in your system case.
2.
Plug the IDE cable into IDE1
(
A
):
Note:
Ribbon cable connectors
are usually keyed so that they can
only be installed correctly on the
device connector. If the connector
is not keyed, make sure that you
match the pin-1 side of the cable
connector with the pin-1 side of the
device connector. Each connector
has the pin-1 side clearly marked.
The pin-1 side of each ribbon ca-
ble is always marked with a
colored stripe on the cable.
3.
Plug an IDE cable connector into the hard disk drive IDE connector (
B
). It
doesn't matter which connector on the cable you use.
4.
Plug a power cable from the case power supply into the power connector on
the hard disk drive (
C
).
When you first start up your system, the BIOS should automatically detect
your hard disk drive. If it d oesn’t, enter the Setup Utility and use the IDE Hard
Disk Auto Detect feature to configure the hard disk drive that you have in-
stalled.
Installing a CD-ROM/DVD Drive
1.
Install the CD-ROM/DVD drive into the drive cage in your system case.
2.
Plug the IDE cable into IDE1
(
A
). If you have already installed
an HDD, use the other connec-
tor on the IDE cable.
Note:
Ribbon cable connectors are
usually keyed so that they can only
be installed correctly on the device
connector. If the connector is not
keyed, make sure that you match the
pin-1 side of the cable connector with
the pin-1 side of the device connec-
tor. Each connector has the pin-1
side clearly marked. The pin-1 side of
each ribbon cable is always marked
with a colored stripe on the cable.
3.
Plug an IDE cable connector into the CD-ROM/DVD drive IDE connector (
B
). It
doesn't matter which connector on the cable you use.
4.
Plug a power cable from the case power supply into the power connector on
the CD-ROM/DVD drive (
C
).
5.
Use the audio cable provided with the CD-ROM/DVD drive to connect to the
mainboard CD-in connector CDIN1 or CDIN2 (
D
).
When you first start up your system, the BIOS should automatically detect
your CD-ROM/DVD drive. If it doesn’t, enter the Setup Utility and configure
the CD-ROM/DVD drive that you have installed.