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Installing System Components 105
• If you are installing a PATA optical drive, connect the data cable from
the IDE connector on the system board to the optical drive. See
Figure 3-18 for PATA drive connections; see Figure 3-24 for PATA
cabling guidelines.
Figure 3-24. Cabling a PATA Optical Drive
1 processor shroud 2 ribbon cable guides
3 IDE power cables 4 PATA drive connectors
5 PATA optical drives 6 PATA data cable
7 IDE connector on system board 8 ribbon cable notch
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