HP Brio 84XX HP IDE Hard Disk Drive, installation guide - Page 9
Configuring Your Hard Disk Drive
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English Configuring Your Hard Disk Drive Configuring Your Hard Disk Drive HP hard disk drives are preconfigured at the factory to use HP's cable select feature. This means that in an HP PC, the drive's data cable connection determines which is the primary or secondary drive. Configuring With Cable Select (Recommended by HP) NOTE If you have altered the preconfigured settings of your hard disk drive(s), ensure that the cable select feature is configured before installation. As part of configuration, the jumper is installed on the cable select. If you are using an HP hard disk drive data cable, there is no need to configure the jumpers on your hard disk drive. You will need to connect your hard disk drive(s) to the data cable as described below. • The primary drive is connected to the last connector on the data cable and is the drive from which your PC will boot (unless otherwise indicated on your data cable). Data Cable Primary • The secondary drive is connected to the middle connector on the data cable (unless otherwise indicated on your data cable). Primary Secondary 4 English