8 installing a hard disk drive – Asus V3-P5G33 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 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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