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Drive specifications, Power and signal cables for internal drives

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Drive specifications The following table describes some of the drives you can install in each bay and their height requirements. Bay 1 - Maximum height: 41.3 mm (1.6 in.) CD-ROM drive (standard in some models) 5.25-inch hard disk drive Bay 2 - Maximum height: 25.4 mm (1.0 in.) 3.5-inch hard disk drive 3.5-inch tape drive Bay 3 - Maximum height: 25.4 mm (1.0 in.) 3.5-inch hard disk drive (preinstalled) Bay 4 - Maximum height: 25.4 mm (1.0 in.) 3.5-inch diskette drive (preinstalled) Notes: 1. You cannot install drives that are greater than 41.3 mm (1.6 in.) high. 2. You must install drives that require removable media (diskettes, tapes, or CDs) in the accessible bays: bays 1 and 2. 3. Only one diskette drive is supported for this computer. 4. To properly mount a 3.5-inch drive into bay 1, you must use a 3.5-inch conversion kit for a 5.25-inch bay. Power and signal cables for internal drives Your computer uses cables to connect integrated drive electronics (IDE) drives to the power supply and riser card. The following cables are provided: Four-wire power cables connect most drives to the power supply. At the end of these cables are plastic connectors that attach to different drives; these connectors vary in size. Also, certain power cables attach to the system board. Flat signal cables, also called ribbon cables, connect IDE and diskette drives to the riser card. There are two sizes of signal cables that come with your computer: - The wider signal cable has two or three connectors. - If the cable has three connectors, one of these connectors attaches to the drive, one is a spare, and the third attaches to the IDE connector on the riser card. - If the cable has two connectors, one of these connectors attaches to the drive, and the other attaches to the IDE connector on the riser card. 70 PC 300PL User Guide

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Drive specifications
The following table describes some of the drives you can install in each bay
and their height requirements.
Bay 1 - Maximum height:
41.3 mm (1.6 in.)
CD-ROM drive (standard
in some models)
5.25-inch hard disk drive
Bay 2 - Maximum height:
25.4 mm (1.0 in.)
3.5-inch hard disk drive
3.5-inch tape drive
Bay 3 - Maximum height:
25.4 mm (1.0 in.)
3.5-inch hard disk drive
(preinstalled)
Bay 4 - Maximum height:
25.4 mm (1.0 in.)
3.5-inch diskette drive
(preinstalled)
Notes:
1.
You cannot install drives that are greater than 41.3 mm (1.6 in.) high.
2.
You must install drives that require removable media (diskettes, tapes,
or CDs) in the accessible bays: bays 1 and 2.
3.
Only one diskette drive is supported for this computer.
4.
To properly mount a 3.5-inch drive into bay 1, you must use a 3.5-inch
conversion kit for a 5.25-inch bay.
Power and signal cables for internal drives
Your computer uses cables to connect integrated drive electronics (IDE)
drives to the power supply and riser card.
The following cables are
provided:
±
Four-wire
power cables
connect most drives to the power supply.
At the
end of these cables are plastic connectors that attach to different drives;
these connectors vary in size.
Also, certain power cables attach to the
system board.
±
Flat
signal cables
, also called
ribbon cables
, connect IDE and diskette
drives to the riser card.
There are two sizes of signal cables that come
with your computer:
–
The wider signal cable has two or three connectors.
-
If the cable has three connectors, one of these connectors
attaches to the drive, one is a spare, and the third attaches to
the IDE connector on the riser card.
-
If the cable has two connectors, one of these connectors
attaches to the drive, and the other attaches to the IDE
connector on the riser card.
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