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6 Barracuda ATA Family Installation Guide, Rev. A
Attaching cables and mounting the drive
1. Attach one end of the drive interface cable to the interface
connector on your motherboard (See your computer manual
for connector locations).
Caution. Align pin 1 on the motherboard connector with
pin 1 on your drive connector. Pin 1 on is marked by a
stripe on one side of the cable.
Figure 2. Attaching the cables
Note. A 40-pin 80-conductor cable is required to run in Ultra
ATA/66 mode. Attach the
blue
connector to the mother-
board, the
black
connector to the master or single drive,
and the
grey
connector to the slave.
2. Attach the interface cable and the power connector to the
new drive.
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Computer
Motherboard
Pin 1