1 installing / uninstalling a hard disk drive, Installing a hard disk drive – Asus BP5120 User Manual

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Chapter 2: Basic installation

2.6.1

Installing / Uninstalling a hard disk drive

Installing a hard disk drive

To install a hard disk drive:

1. Insert the hard disk to the 3.5

inch drive bay and carefully

push the disk until its screw

holes are aligned with the holes

on the supporting stand.

2. Pull the retention brackets on

both sides of the bay outward

and align the hard disk to the

retention brackets.

3. Press the retention bracket

locks until the they are parallel

to the hard disk.

• You can install an IDE hard disk drive with an IDE power cable and an IDE

cable (A) into the drive bay.

• You can installl a Serial ATA hard disk drive with a Serial ATA power cable

and a Serial ATA cable (B) into the drive bay.

Do not place the IDE ribbon cable too close to the power fan in case it interferes

with the system ventilation.

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2

3

2

3

SATA cable

SATA power cable

IDE ribbon cable

Power cable

A

B

4. Connect the power cable and the signal cable.

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