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Drives, General installation guidelines – Dell OptiPlex 740 User Manual

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Drives

 

Drives

Your computer supports:

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One SATA hard drive

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One floppy drive or Media Card Reader

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One SATA optical drive

 

General Installation Guidelines

 

1.

Connect a SATA hard drive to the connector labeled "SATA0" on the system board (see

System Board Components

).


 

2.

Connect the SATA optical drive to the connector labeled "SATA1" 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.

 

Drive Interface Connectors

Interface connectors are keyed for correct insertion.

 

Power Cable Connectors

1 FlexBay for floppy drive or Media Card Reader

2 optical drive

3 hard drive

 

Serial ATA Connector

1

interface cable connector

2

interface connector

 

 

NOTICE:

Inserting a cable incorrectly prevents the drive from operating and could damage the controller, the drive, or both.