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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 optional floppy drive or media card reader or one second SATA hard drive

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One optional optical (CD or DVD) drive

 

General Installation Guidelines

Connect the SATA hard drive to the connector labeled "SATA0." Connect the SATA CD or DVD drives to the connector labeled "SATA1" on the system board.
Connect a second optional hard drive to the connector labeled "SATA2." See

System Board Components

for information about system board connectors.

 

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.

 

Drive Interface Connectors

Interface connectors are keyed for correct insertion.

 

Power Cable Connectors

1 optical drive

2 floppy drive or media card reader or SATA hard drive

3 hard drive

 

Serial ATA Connector

1

interface cable connector

2

interface connector