Dell PRECISION 530 User Manual

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• Connect the appropriate interface cable to the interface connector

on the back of the drive.
If you are installing an EIDE or SCSI drive and you have another

drive of the same type in the computer, you can use the spare

connector on the interface cable for the existing drive. Otherwise,

use the interface cable provided with the new drive.

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Connect the interface cable(s) to the system board or a controller card,

depending on the type of drive you are installing. See "

Attaching

Cables for a Hard Drive

."

NOTE:

To locate system board drive connectors, see "

System Board

Components

."

NOTICE:

To avoid possible damage, you must match the colored strip on the

interface cable with pin 1 on both the drive and system board connectors.

• For an EIDE hard drive, connect the drive interface cable to the

primary EIDE connector on the system board. For more

information, see "

EIDE Device Installation Guidelines

."

• For a SCSI hard drive, connect the drive interface cable to the

SCSI connector on system board. For more information, see "

SCSI

Device Installation Guidelines

."

• For a drive that comes with its own controller card, connect the

drive interface cable to the controller card.

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