5 install a hard disk drive – Asus Terminator P-III User Manual

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Chapter 2: Basic Installation

2.5 Install a Hard Disk Drive

6. Connect one end of the IDE

hard disk ribbon cable to the
IDE interface at the back of the
HDD, matching the red stripe
on the cable with Pin 1 on the
IDE interface.

Red Stripe to Pin 1

IDE Ribbon Cable

7. Connect the other end of the

IDE ribbon cable to the
primary IDE connector (blue
connector labeled IDE1) on
the motherboard.

Power Cable
(HDD)

Primary IDE Connector
(IDE1)

5. Connect a power cable from

the power supply to the power
connector at the back of the
HDD. Use the cable with the
white connector labeled HDD.

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