- 24 - Hardware Installation
2-6 Installing the Hard Disk Drive
Read the following guidelines before you begin to install the Hard disk drive:
• Take note of the drive tray orientation before sliding it out.
• The tray will not t back into the bay if inserted incorrectly.
• Make sure that the HDD is connected to the HDD connector on the backplane.
Follow these instructions to install the Hard disk drive:
1. Press the release button.
2. Pull the locking lever to remove the HDD tray.
3. Slide hard disk into blank.
4. Secure the hard drive to the tray with four (4) screws as shown. Do not over tighten thescrews.
5. Slide the blank into the bay until it locks into place.
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CAUTION!
We strongly recommand using enterprise level hard disk drive in Gigabyte server system. For more
information of recommanded HDDs, please visit Gigabyte website: https://www.gigabyte.com and
serach for the specic product QVL from Support & Dowloads.
CAUTION!
On Motherboard PCB rev 1.1, all SATA ports supply built-in power at pin 7. PCB rev 1.0 requires an
external power cable, you can purchase from Gigabyte with the part no. 25CRI-400001-B0R.
For 3.5" HDDs: For 2.5" HDDs:
Pin No. Denition
1 GND
2 TXP
3 TXN
4 GND
5 RXN
6 RXP
7 P5V
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