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Your computer supports:
• One SATA (serial ATA) hard drive
• One 3.5-inch drive bay (to support a floppy drive, media card reader, or optional second SATA hard
drive)
• One SATA optical drive
• One eSATA drive (with optional bracket)
NOTE: Due to the limited number of drive bays and controllers on this computer, you will not be able to connect all
supported devices at once.
NOTE: If you will be operating your computer without an optical drive or a 3.5-inch device (floppy drive or media
card reader) installed, the appropriate drive bay insert must be installed in place of the drive. Contact Dell if you
need a drive bay insert.
General Drive Installation Guidelines
SATA connectors on the system board are labeled SATA0, SATA1, and SATA2. Hard drives must be
connected to the lower-numbered SATA connectors. Any other SATA device (like an optical drive) must
be connected to the remaining SATA connectors numbered higher than the one that the hard drive(s) is
1 optical drive
2 floppy drive
3 hard drive
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