Storage devices 45
Connecting cables to your device
All storage devices require a power cable and a signal cable
connection. The devices that come with your system are already
connected.
Use the information in the following section along with the
appropriate procedure in “Installing storage devices” to install
optional devices. Refer to the appropriate section to cable your
device:
“Cabling an IDE device”
“Cabling a diskette drive.”
Cabling an IDE device
Use the following steps to cable an IDE device such as an IDE hard
disk or CD-ROM reader.
1.
Connect the unused connector on the installed IDE cable (see
“IDE cable”) to the IDE device.
Take care to prevent bending drive connector pins. Align the
IDE cable connector as shown in the following figure.