Asus V3-P5945GC User Manual

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Chapter 2: Basic installation

To install an IDE hard disk drive:

1. Follow steps 1-2 of the previous section.
2. Connect the blue interface of the IDE ribbon cable to the IDE

connector on the motherboard.

IDE ribbon cable

Power cable

4. Connect a 5-pin Serial ATA power plug from the power supply unit to

the 5-pin power connector at the back of the drive.

- OR -

Connect a 4-pin (female) power plug from the power supply unit to

the 4-pin (male) power connector at the back of the drive.

Serial ATA cable

Serial ATA power

cable

If your Serial ATA HDD has both 4-pin and 5-pin connectors at the back,

use either the 5-pin SATA power adapter plug OR the legacy 4-pin power

connector. DO NOT use both to prevent damage to components and to

keep the system from becoming unstable.

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