Dell OPTIPLEX 740 - General Installation Guidelines

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Dell™Optiplex™740Systems
User's Guide
Drives
Drives
Your computer supports:
l Two SATA (Serial ATA) hard drives
l One optional floppy drive or Media Card Reader
l Two optical drives
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General Installation Guidelines
Connect SATA hard drives to the connectors labeled "SATA0" or "SATA1." Connect SATA CD or DVD drives to the connectors labeled "SATA2" or "SATA3" on the
system board (see System Board Components for information about mini tower system board connectors).
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Connecting Drive Cables
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
1
optical drive
2
floppy drive or media card reader
3
hard drive
NOTE: Connect the first SATA hard drive to the blue SATA0 connector.
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Serial ATA Connector
1
interface cable connector
2
interface connector
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