User`s guide

If your system did not come with an IDE drive already

installed, the ribbon cable came in the box with your computer

and you must first connect it to the computer’s main system

board. Follow the steps below beginning with step 1.

Connect P1 of the IDE ribbon cable to the IDE interface,

J0821, on the main system board. Position the tab on

connector P1 so it faces down and be sure the red stripe on

the ribbon cable faces the computer’s back panel.

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Route the cable up through the cutout in the rear of the

metal panel beneath the IDE drive bay assembly. (The

diskette drive cable is also routed through this cutout.)

Installing and Removing Disk Drives

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