Dell OptiPlex 170L - Drives; General Installation Guidelines; Hard Drive; Adding or Replacing a Second Hard Drive

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Drives
Dell™OptiPlex™170LUser'sGuide
General Installation Guidelines
Hard Drive
Adding or Replacing a Second Hard Drive
CD/DVD Drive
Floppy Drive
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Your mini-tower computer supports:
l One serial ATA hard drive
l One IDE hard drive
l Two hard drives: 2 IDE drives, or 1 SATA and 1 IDE drive
l One optional floppy drive
l Two optional CD or DVD drives
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General Installation Guidelines
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Connect CD/DVD drives to the connector labeled "IDE" on the system board. Serial ATA hard drives should be connected to the connector labeled "SATA0" on
the system board.
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Connecting Drive Cables
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When you install a drive, you connect two cables—a DC power cable and a data cable—to the back of the drive and to the system board.
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Drive Interface Connectors
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Most interface connectors are keyed for correct insertion; that is, a notch or a missing pin on one connector matches a tab or a filled-in hole on the other
connector. Keyed connectors ensure that the pin-1 wire in the cable (indicated by the colored stripe along one edge of the IDE cable—serial ATA cables do not
use a colored stripe) goes to the pin-1 end of the connector. The pin-1 end of a connector on a board or a card is usually indicated by a silk-screened "1"
printed directly on the board or card.
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Power Cable Connector
IDE Drive Connector
Serial ATA Connector
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interface connector
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interface cable
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colored stripe on IDE cable
NOTICE: When you connect an IDE interface cable, do not place the colored stripe away from pin 1 of the connector. Reversing the cable prevents the
drive from operating and could damage the controller, the drive, or both.