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Attaching cables and mounting the drive – Seagate BARRACUDA ATA FAMILY ST320430A User Manual

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Barracuda ATA Family Installation Guide, Rev. A

Attaching cables and mounting the drive

1. Attach one end of the drive interface cable to the interface

connector on your motherboard (See your computer manual
for connector locations).

Caution. Align pin 1 on the motherboard connector with
pin 1 on your drive connector. Pin 1 on is marked by a
stripe on one side of the cable.

Figure 2. Attaching the cables

Note. A 40-pin 80-conductor cable is required to run in Ultra

ATA/66 mode. Attach the

blue connector to the mother-

board, the

black connector to the master or single drive,

and the

grey connector to the slave.

2. Attach the interface cable and the power connector to the

new drive.

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Computer

Motherboard

Pin 1