Connecting a parallel ata hard disk drive, Connecting a serial ata hard disk drive – IBM THINKCENTRE 8086 User Manual

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Note:

A

serial

ATA

hard

disk

drive

does

not

have

a

master/slave

jumper.

10.

Depending

on

the

type

of

drive

you

are

installing,

go

to

“Connecting

a

parallel

ATA

hard

disk

drive”

or

“Connecting

a

serial

ATA

hard

disk

drive.”

Connecting

a

parallel

ATA

hard

disk

drive

1.

Locate

the

two-connector

signal

cable

that

comes

with

your

computer

or

with

the

new

drive.

2.

Locate

the

hard

drive

cable

connector

on

the

system

board.

See

“Identifying

parts

on

the

system

board”

on

page

11.

3.

Connect

one

end

of

the

signal

cable

to

the

drive

and

the

other

to

the

hard

drive

cable

connector

on

the

system

board.

4.

Locate

the

extra

four-wire

power

connector

and

connect

it

to

the

drive.

What

to

do

next:

v

To

work

with

another

option,

go

to

the

appropriate

section.

v

To

complete

the

installation,

go

to

“Closing

the

cover

and

connecting

the

cables”

on

page

23.

Connecting

a

serial

ATA

hard

disk

drive

1.

Locate

the

signal

cable

that

comes

with

the

new

drive.

2.

Locate

the

SATA

connector

on

the

system

board.

See

“Identifying

parts

on

the

system

board”

on

page

11.

3.

Connect

one

end

of

the

signal

cable

to

the

drive

and

the

other

to

the

SATA

connector

on

the

system

board.

4.

Locate

the

extra

five-wire

power

connector

and

connect

it

to

the

drive.

What

to

do

next:

v

To

work

with

another

option,

go

to

the

appropriate

section.

v

To

complete

the

installation,

go

to

“Closing

the

cover

and

connecting

the

cables”

on

page

23.

Chapter

1.

Installing

options

19

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