8 installing a hard disk drive – Asus V3-P5G31 User Manual

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Chapter 2: Basic installation

7. Connect the other end of the IDE ribbon cable to the secondary IDE

connector (labeled SEC_IDE) on the motherboard. See page 4-7 for the

location of this connector.

8. Remove the dummy drive slot cover from the front panel.
9. Replace the front panel.

2.8

Installing a hard disk drive

To install a Serial ATA hard disk drive:

1. Carefully place the hard disk into the lowest 3.5-inch drive slot (without the

metal plate cover).

2. Fasten the screws to secure the hard disk to the drive slot.

the lowest 3.5-inch

drive slot without

the metal plate

cover

3. Connect one end of the Serial ATA cable to the SATA connector at the back

of the drive, then connect the other end to a Serial ATA connector on the

motherboard. See page 4-6 for the location of the Serial ATA connectors.

If you do not need to install the optional card reader into your system, you can

install the HDD in the one of the 3.5-inch external bay (with the metal plate

cover).

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