Adaptec ASH-1233 - Manual (Page 15)

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Mounting ATA Disk Drives and Connecting Power Cables
Connecting Two ATA Disk Drives to the Same Cable
When you connect two ATA disk drives to a cable, one disk drive
must be set as the master, the other must be set as the slave. (See
Setting Jumpers on ATA Disk Drives
on page 5 for more information.)
To connect two disk drives to the same cable:
1 Connect one end of an IDE cable to an IDE
connector on the ASH-1233 adapter.
2 Connect the middle connector on the IDE cable
to the ATA disk drive that is set as the slave.
3 Connect the other end of the IDE cable to the
ATA disk drive that is set as the master.
You can connect a maximum of four ATA disk
drives to your ASH-1233 adapter, as shown at
right.
Continue with Mounting ATA Disk Drives and Connecting Power
Cables
on page 8 .
Mounting ATA Disk Drives and Connecting
Power Cables
To complete the hardware installation:
1 Mount each ATA disk drive in an available drive bay inside
your computer (as shown below).
Refer to your computer and device documentation for
instructions on installing devices inside your computer.