HP dx7500 - Microtower PC User Manual

Installing Additional Drives
When installing additional drives, follow these guidelines:
●
The primary Serial ATA (SATA) hard drive must be connected to the dark blue primary SATA
connector on the system board labeled SATA0.
●
Connect the first SATA optical drive to the white SATA connector on the system board labeled
SATA1.
●
Connect a second SATA optical drive to the black SATA5 connector.
●
Connect a second SATA hard drive to the red SATA4 connector.
●
Connect a diskette drive to the connector labeled FLOPPY.
●
Connect a media card reader to the USB connector labeled F_USB2.
●
The system does not support Parallel ATA (PATA) optical drives or PATA hard drives.
●
You may install either a third-height or a half-height drive into a half-height bay.
●
If needed, HP has provided extra drive retainer screws on the interior of the front bezel that are
used to secure the drives in the drive cage. Hard drives use 6-32 standard screws. All other drives
use M3 metric screws. The HP-supplied M3 metric guide screws (1) are black. The HP-supplied
6-32 standard screws (2) are silver.
Figure 7-15 Extra Drive Retainer Screws Location
Drives 63

HP dx7500 - Microtower PC Specifications

General

Memory	Up to 8 GB DDR2 SDRAM
Form Factor	Microtower
Power Supply	300W
Processor	Intel Core 2 Duo, Intel Pentium Dual-Core, Intel Celeron
Storage	SATA hard drives up to 500 GB
Optical Drive	DVD-ROM or DVD+/-RW
Graphics	Integrated Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 3100, Optional discrete graphics cards
Audio	Integrated High Definition Audio
Network	Integrated Gigabit Ethernet
Expansion Slots	1 PCI Express x16, 2 PCI Express x1, 1 PCI
Ports	USB 2.0, serial, parallel, VGA, audio in/out
Operating System	Windows Vista Business, Windows XP Professional, FreeDOS
Weight	Approx. 22 lbs (10 kg)