Drives, General installation guidelines – Dell OptiPlex GX620 User Manual

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Dell™ OptiPlex™ GX620

User's Guide

  

Drives

 

Drives

Your computer supports:

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One serial ATA hard drive

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One optional D-module CD/DVD drive, second hard drive, or floppy drive in the module bay

 

General Installation Guidelines

Serial ATA hard drives should be connected to the connector labeled "SATA0" on the system board.

 

Connecting Drive Cables

When you install a drive, you connect two cables—a DC power cable and a data cable—to the back of the drive and to the system board.

 

Drive Interface Connectors

Most interface connectors are keyed for correct insertion; that is, a notch or a missing pin on one connector matches a tab or a filled-in hole on the other
connector. Keyed connectors ensure that the pin-1 wire in the cable goes to the pin-1 end of the connector. The pin-1 end of a connector on a board or a card
is usually indicated by a silk-screened "1"printed directly on the board or card.

 

Power Cable Connectors

NOTE:

For information on installing D-module drives, see the documentation that came with your optional device.

 

Serial ATA Connector

1 interface cable connector

2 interface connector

 

System Board Power
Connector

 

Serial ATA Power
Connector

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