Installing Or Replacing Parts And Accessories
Mass Storage And Optical Device Overview
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• A second IDE drive cable supports two IDE devices. If you install a
CD-ROM drive, a DVD drive or a Zip drive, connect it to this cable.
• The third cable has one connector for a floppy drive.
• SCSI models have an additional cable and connectors. For more information, refer to
“Installing SCSI Drives” on page 127.
The following table explains which data connectors you should use when you install
additional devices.
Verifying Your IDE Drive
1. Switch on the computer.
2. To verify the configuration of your hard disk drive, press F2 to enter Setup when the
HP logo appears. Once in Setup, select the Advanced menu, then the IDE Devices
submenu. In the Primary Master item, check that the details for the device have been
correctly detected by the Setup program.
3. Press F3 to save and exit Setup.
4. Refer to the operating system documentation for information on partitioning and
formatting a drive.
5. If an IDE drive is removed, switch on the computer. The system BIOS will detect
that the device is missing. Press F4 to confirm that you want to remove the device.
The system configuration will be updated automatically.
Examples of multiple IDE drive combinations
Configuration Connections to data cables
1 Hard disk drive
1 CD-ROM drive
Bootable hard disk drive:
CD-ROM drive:
Master connector, Primary IDE Cable
Master connector, Secondary IDE Cable
1 Hard disk drive Bootable hard disk drive: Master connector, Primary IDE Cable
2 Hard disk drives Bootable hard disk drive:
Second hard disk drive:
Master connector, Primary IDE Cable
Slave connector, Primary IDE Cable
2 Hard disk drives
1 CD-ROM drive
Bootable hard disk drive:
Second hard disk drive:
CD-ROM drive:
Master connector, Primary IDE Cable
Slave connector, Primary IDE Cable
Master connector, Secondary IDE Cable
1 Hard disk drive
1 CD-ROM drive
1 Zip drive
Bootable hard disk drive:
CD-ROM drive:
Zip drive:
Master connector, Primary IDE Cable
Master connector, Secondary Cable
Slave connector, Secondary IDE Cable
2 Hard disk drives
1 CD-ROM drive
1 Zip drive
Bootable hard disk drive:
Second hard disk drive:
CD-ROM drive:
Zip drive:
Master connector, Primary IDE Cable
Slave connector, Primary IDE Cable
Master connector, Secondary IDE Cable
Slave connector, Secondary IDE Cable
