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3 Upgrading and Adding Accessories
Adding Accessories
StorageDeviceCables
Your computer has the following cables which may be used by storage devices:
•
A primary
IDE
hard disk drive cable with two connectors. This cable supports up to two IDE hard disk drives, one of
which is already connected to the Master connector on this cable.
•
A secondary IDE drive cable with two connectors. If you already have a
CD-ROM
drive installed, it is connected to the
Master connector on this cable. If you install a CD-ROM drive, or a third hard disk drive, or both, connect it or them to
this cable.
•
A floppy disk drive cable. This supports up to two floppy disk drives (or one floppy disk drive and one tape drive). One
3.5-inch floppy disk (Drive A) is already connected to the Master connector on this cable.
SystemBoard
Connectors
If you add a floppy disk drive, hard disk drive, CD-ROM drive, Zip drive, or tape drive, you need to connect it to power
and data cables. The connectors are shaped to fit one way only. The data cables are shown below.
Connectors for Primary
IDE devices
Connectors for 3.5-inch Floppy
Disk Drives or Tape Drives
Connectors for Secondary
IDE devices (CD-ROM
Drives, Zip Drives, or
IDE Hard Disk Drives)
FDD
Master (Drive A)
CD-ROM
HDD
FDD
System Board
Secondary IDE Connector
Primary IDE Connector
Floppy Disk Connector
FDD Slave
Secondary Master
Secondary Slave
Primary Slave
Primary Master
Summary of Contents for Brio 8500
Page 1: ...Online Reference Guide Online Guide Date Spring1998 HP PC ...
Page 8: ...8 ...
Page 9: ...1 About Your Hardware ...
Page 21: ...2 About Your BIOS ...
Page 33: ...3 Upgrading and Adding Accessories ...
Page 62: ...62 3 Upgrading and Adding Accessories Changing the Battery ...
Page 63: ...4 AT Commands ...
Page 76: ...Glossary ...
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