Installing, Internal, Drives – IBM 8306 User Manual

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Connecting

the

first

IDE

CD

drive

or

DVD

drive:

1.

Locate

the

three-connector

signal

cable

that

comes

with

your

computer

or

with

the

new

drive.

2.

Locate

the

secondary

IDE

connector

on

the

system

board.

See

“Types

8305,

8306,

8309,

and

8313”

on

page

45.

3.

Connect

one

end

of

the

signal

cable

to

the

drive

and

the

other

to

the

secondary

IDE

connector

on

the

system

board.

To

reduce

electronic

noise,

use

the

connectors

at

the

end

of

the

cable

only.

4.

Your

computer

has

extra

power

connectors

for

additional

drives.

Connect

a

power

connector

to

the

drive.

5.

If

you

have

a

CD-ROM

audio

cable,

connect

it

to

the

drive

and

to

the

system

board.

See

“Types

8305,

8306,

8309,

and

8313”

on

page

45.

Connecting

an

additional

IDE

CD

drive

or

DVD

drive:

1.

Locate

the

secondary

IDE

connector

on

the

system

board

and

the

three-connector

signal

cable.

See

“Types

8305,

8306,

8309,

and

8313”

on

page

45.

2.

Connect

the

extra

connector

in

the

signal

cable

to

the

new

CD

drive

or

DVD

drive.

3.

Your

computer

has

extra

power

connectors

for

additional

drives.

Connect

a

power

connector

to

the

drive.

Connecting

an

additional

IDE

hard

disk

drive:

1.

Locate

the

primary

IDE

connector

on

the

system

board.

One

end

of

the

three-connector

cable

connects

to

the

hard

disk

drive,

and

the

other

connects

to

the

system

board.

See

“Types

8305,

8306,

8309,

and

8313”

on

page

45.

2.

Connect

the

extra

connector

in

the

signal

cable

to

the

new

hard

disk

drive.

3.

Your

computer

has

extra

power

connectors

for

additional

drives.

Connect

a

power

connector

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

“Types

8305,

8306,

8309,

and

8313”

on

page

68.

Installing

internal

drives

in

Types

8307,

8308,

8310,

8311,

8314,

and

8315

This

section

provides

information

and

instructions

for

installing

and

removing

internal

drives.

Internal

drives

are

devices

that

your

computer

uses

to

read

and

store

data.

You

can

add

drives

to

your

computer

to

increase

storage

capacity

and

to

enable

your

computer

to

read

other

types

of

media.

Some

of

the

different

drives

that

are

available

for

your

computer

are:

v

Hard

disk

drives

v

CD

drives

or

DVD

drives

v

Removable

media

drives

Internal

drives

are

installed

in

bays.

In

this

book,

the

bays

are

referred

to

as

bay

1,

bay

2,

and

so

on.

Chapter

5.

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