Apple MD772LL/A Personal Computer User Manual


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33Chapter 2 Life with Your Mac Pro
Optical drives
YourMacProcomeswithoneortwoDVD±RDL/DVD±RW/CD-RWSuperDrives.To
replaceanopticaldrive,see“ReplacinganOpticalDrive”onpage68.
Hard disk drives or solid state drives
YourMacProcomeswithuptofourdrivesinstalled.Toinstallorreplacedrives,see
“InstallingInternalStorageDevices”onpage61.
PCI Express slots
YourMacProhasthreePCIExpressexpansionslots.ToinstallPCIcardsinslots2through
4,see“AddingPCIExpressCards”onpage74.
Battery
YourMacProusesaninternalbackupbattery.IfyourMacProhastroublestartingup,or
ifthesystemdateandtimearefrequentlyincorrect,youmayneedtoreplacethebattery.
See“ReplacingtheInternalBackupBattery”onpage79.
Double-wide PCI Express graphics slot
ConnectuptotwodisplaystothegraphicscardinthePCIExpressgraphicsslot(slot1).
YoucanreplacethecardinthisslotandinstalladditionalgraphicscardsinPCIslots2
through4.See“AddingPCIExpressCards”onpage74.
Memory slots
YourMacProhasfouroreightmemoryexpansionslots,dependingonthemodel.Toadd
morememory,installPC3-10600E,1333MHz,DDR3ECCSDRAMUDIMMsinthememory
slots.ForinformationaboutthetypeofmemoryusedinyourMacPro,see“Installing
Memory”onpage43.
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