Dell XPS 700 Jet Black Owner's Manual - Page 96
About Serial ATA Drives, General Drive Installation Guidelines
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3 2 1 1 CD/DVD drive bays (4) 2 floppy drive/media card reader 3 hard-drive bays (4) About Serial ATA Drives Your computer supports up to four serial ATA hard drives and two serial ATA optical drives. Serial ATA drives provide the following benefits by transferring data using serial technology and flexible cables that are thinner and longer than IDE cables: • Improved cable routing facilitates more efficient airflow inside the chassis. • Compact cable connectors save space on the system board and on the hard drive, allowing for more efficient utilization of space inside the chassis. General Drive Installation Guidelines SATA hard drives should be connected to connectors labeled "HDD" on the system board. Non-hard drive SATA devices should be attached to the connectors labeled SATA, with the exception of a 5th SATA hard drive installed in a 5.25-inch drive bay, which much be connected to the SATA0 connector. IDE CD/DVD drives should be connected to the connectors labeled "IDE." 98 Removing and Installing Parts