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10. Reinstall the removable media drive and bracket assembly by gently sliding the bracket into place until the tabs securely click into position.
11. If you are installing a drive that has its own controller card, install the controller card in an expansion slot.
12. Connect a power cable to the power cable connector on the back of the drive.
13. Connect the appropriate removable media drive data cable to the removable media drive connector on the back of the drive.
If your computer came with an IDE CD drive, use the spare connector on the existing removable media drive data cable. Otherwise, use the IDE drive
data cable provided in the drive kit.
Removable Media Drive Cable Attachment
14. Connect the removable media drive data cable to the system board or a controller card, depending on the type of drive.
l For a CD drive, connect the other end of the removable media drive data cable to the removable media data connector labeled "IDE SEC" on the
system board.
l For a drive that comes with its own controller card, connect the other end of the IDE drive data cable to the controller card.
15. Check all cable connections, and fold cables out of the way to provide airflow for the fan and cooling vents.
NOTE: Problems may arise if two expansion cards are trying to use the same resources: memory, I/O addresses, and IRQs. To avoid this type of
conflict, see "Interrupt Assignment Conflicts" in your User's Guide and the documentation that came with the card for more information.
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audio cable
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power cable connector
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removable media drive data cable
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removable media drive connector (IDE SEC)
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power cable
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audio cable connector
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data cable connector