IBM Aptiva Hardware Handbook

118 Installing additional drives
Connectors and settings for
additional drives
After you have installed a drive in your system unit, use
these instructions to attach the drive to the correct
system board connector and make the appropriate drive
settings.
• If you are installing a first or second hard disk drive,
attach it to Local Bus connector 1.
Set the newly installed drive as a master device if:
– It is the only drive attached to the connector.
– Another drive that is not a hard disk drive (such as
a CD-ROM) is already attached to the connector.
Set the drive that is already attached to the
connector as the slave device.
Set the newly installed hard disk as a slave device if
another hard disk is already attached to the
connector.
note:
For instructions on changing a drive’s setting, see the
documentation that came with the new drive.
• If you are installing a third or fourth hard disk drive,
attach it to Local Bus connector 2.
Set the newly installed drive as a master device if:
– It is the only drive attached to the connector.
– Another drive that is not a hard disk drive is
already attached to the connector. Set the drive
that is already attached to the connector as the
Slave device. (If your computer came with a
CD-ROM drive preinstalled, see page 117 to set
the CD-ROM as a Slave device.)
Set the newly installed hard disk as a slave device if
another hard disk is already attached to the
connector.
• If you are installing a CD-ROM drive (or any drive
that requires a software device driver), you can
attach it to Local Bus connector 1 or 2.
Set the newly installed drive as a master device if it
is the only drive attached to the connector.
Otherwise, set the new drive as a slave device.
• If you are installing a diskette drive, attach the drive
to the diskette connector. Set the newly installed
drive to the Drive 1 address.
If the new drive is a:
– 5.25-inch device, you must purchase a signal
cable with a “card edge” connector. Attach the
card edge connector to the 5.25” drive.
– 3.5-inch device, you may have to purchase a
signal cable.
note:
You do not have to change any settings on a diskette
drive that is already installed.
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IBM Aptiva Specifications

General

CPU	Intel Pentium
RAM	8 MB to 64 MB
Operating System	Windows 95
Graphics	S3, ATI
Optical Drive	CD-ROM
Ports	Serial, Parallel, PS/2
Expansion Slots	ISA, PCI