Desktop Computer 113
Drives
Your computer supports:
• One SATA hard drive
• One optional floppy drive or media card reader or one second SATA hard drive
• One optional optical (CD or DVD) drive
General Installation Guidelines
Connect the SATA hard drive to the connector labeled "SATA0." Connect the SATA CD or DVD
drives to the connector labeled "SATA1" on the system board. Connect a second optional hard drive
to the connector labeled "SATA2." See "System Board Components" on page 102 for information
about system board connectors.
Connecting Drive Cables
When you install a drive, you connect two cables—a DC power cable and a data cable—to the back
of the drive and to the system board.
1 optical drive 2 floppy drive or media card
reader or SATA hard drive
3 hard drive
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2
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