Dell Dimension 3100C - Manual (Page 71)

Removing and Installing Parts
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Drives
Your computer supports a combination of these devices:
• One serial ATA hard drive
• One FlexBay drive (floppy drive or Media Card Reader)
• One CD or DVD drive
Connect DVD drives to the connector labeled "IDE" on the system board. Serial ATA hard drives should
be connected to the connectors labeled "SATA0" or "SATA1" on the system board.
IDE Drive Addressing
When you connect two IDE devices to a single IDE interface cable and configure them for the cable
select setting, the device attached to the last connector on the interface cable is the master or boot
device (drive 0), and the device attached to the middle connector on the interface cable is the slave
device (drive 1). See the drive documentation in your upgrade kit for information on configuring devices
for the cable select setting.
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.
1 DVD drive 2 floppy drive 3 hard drive
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