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NOTICE:

Cables not installed into the drive-cable retainer may block air flow and cause the system to

overheat.

d

Slide the interface cable into the drive-cable retainer.

e

Replace the hard-drive bay and screws.

f

Replace the expansion-card guide.

g

Replace the baffle/back fan assembly. See "Installing the Baffle/Back Fan Assembly."

Figure 7-4.

Accessing the System Board Drive Connectors

10

Connect the interface cable to the drive and to the system board or controller card.

Figure 7-5

illustrates a common cable configuration for externally accessible IDE drives.

Figure 7-6 illustrates a SCSI half-height tape drive connected to the SCSI controller on
the system board.

Figure 7-7 shows a SCSI half-height tape drive connected to a SCSI controller card.
For information about the controller card, see the documentation that accompanied the
card.

drive bay

drive-cable
retainer

interface cable