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Step 11Connecting Hard Drives, Floppies and Optical Drives
Your motherboard should have come with a grey or black ribbon and a thin black or red cable.
The ribbon is an IDE ribbon and the cable is a SATA cable. (See pictures below)
Connect the IDE ribbon to the optical drive (CD Drive) by pushing it straight into the slot that it fits on it. Use the top plug on the ribbon if there are more than 2 on it. Connect the other end of the ribbon to the same looking slot on the motherboard. There should be only one way for this to fit.
A floppy ribbon is installed exactly the same as above, but uses a slightly smaller jack.
Hard drives can come in either IDE or SATA. The recommended one is a SATA. If it is IDE follow the instructions for an optical drive. If using a SATA drive connect the cable to the hard drive, and the other end to the motherboard. See pictures for better idea of where everything goes.
The ribbon is an IDE ribbon and the cable is a SATA cable. (See pictures below)
Connect the IDE ribbon to the optical drive (CD Drive) by pushing it straight into the slot that it fits on it. Use the top plug on the ribbon if there are more than 2 on it. Connect the other end of the ribbon to the same looking slot on the motherboard. There should be only one way for this to fit.
A floppy ribbon is installed exactly the same as above, but uses a slightly smaller jack.
Hard drives can come in either IDE or SATA. The recommended one is a SATA. If it is IDE follow the instructions for an optical drive. If using a SATA drive connect the cable to the hard drive, and the other end to the motherboard. See pictures for better idea of where everything goes.
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Aug 9, 2011. 11:30 AMgmouser
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Could i use a terra-bit external harddrive and use that for the main harddrive.
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