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Connecting the Drive Cables
After you replace the bracket, you need to connect the cables
for both the hard disk drive and the diskette drive. This section
includes steps for the following procedures:
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Connecting the drive ribbon cable to the system board
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Connecting the cables to the hard disk drive
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Reconnecting the cables to the diskette drive.
Connecting the drive cable to the system board
Follow the steps below to connect the hard drive ribbon cable
to the system board, if it is not already connected.
1.
Locate the hard disk drive ribbon cable; it is a flat cable with
three connectors that came in the box with your computer.
All the connectors on this cable look the same.
system board
connector for second
connector for first
connector
hard disk drive
hard disk drive
red wire
Installing and Removing Drives
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