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Drives

Dell™ OptiPlex™ GX280 Systems User's Guide

General Installation Guidelines

Hard Drive

Floppy Drive

CD/DVD Drive

Your computer supports:

One serial ATA hard drive

One optional ATA hard drive

One optional floppy drive

One optional CD or DVD drive

1 CD/DVD drive
2 floppy drive
3 hard drive

General Installation Guidelines

Connect CD/DVD drives to the connector labeled "IDE" on the

system board

. Serial ATA hard drives should be connected to

the connectors labeled "SATA0" or "SATA2" on the

system board

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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.