100 Installing Drives
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NOTICE: Cables not installed into the drive-cable retainer may block air flow and cause the system to
overheat.
d
Slide the interface cable into the drive-cable retainer.
e
Replace the hard-drive bay and screws.
f
Replace the expansion-card guide.
g
Replace the baffle/back fan assembly. See "Installing the Baffle/Back Fan Assembly."
Figure 7-4. Accessing the System Board Drive Connectors
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Connect the interface cable to the drive and to the system board or controller card.
• Figure 7-5
illustrates a common cable configuration for externally accessible IDE drives.
• Figure 7-6 illustrates a SCSI half-height tape drive connected to the SCSI controller on
the system board.
• Figure 7-7 shows a SCSI half-height tape drive connected to a SCSI controller card.
For information about the controller card, see the documentation that accompanied the
card.
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