Rookie learn the five graphic graphics hard drive, optical drive, floppy drive installation

Have you already mastered the installation process of the components described in the previous installments? Oh, very soon! This issue will also introduce you to the hard drive, the optical drive, as well as the floppy drive installed. If you do not understand the installation process, or have any questions, do not forget to write to ask the small strange Oh!

First, install the hard drive

The first step is to reverse the 3.5-inch hard drive from the 3.5-inch retention cage that is loaded into the chassis (see Figure 1). Verify that the screw hole on the hard drive corresponds to the position of the screw on the retention frame and then screw the screws.

Tip: Some old hard drives have a width of 5.25 inches (e.g., the Quincy series) and must be installed in a 5.25-inch cage on the chassis. If you want to load a 3.5-inch hard drive into a 5.25-inch cage, you must install a 5.25-inch bracket on both sides of the hard drive.

Step two: Insert the red side end of the connector for the ata-66/100/133 cable that is attached to the motherboard to the motherboard where the first IDE slot mark is Pin1 (as shown in Figure 2). You can also insert a bump on the connector of the IDE cable that corresponds to the gap in the first IDE slot.

Tip: How do I differentiate between hard drive data cable and floppy drive data cable?
In general, the motherboard has a data cable attached to the hard drive and floppy drive (as shown in Figure 3). But let's be aware that the ata-66/100/133 data cable is the same width as the normal IDE cable, but the stitches are different. The ata-66/100/133 data cable is 80-pin, while the normal IDE data cable has only 40 stitches. The floppy cable has only 34 pins, and you can see that the floppy drive cable has a twist on one end. Depending on the type of interface, select a different data cable for the hard drive, the optical drive, and the floppy drive.

Step three: Then insert the red side end of the ata-66/100/133 data line into the Pin1 location of the hard disk IDE slot (shown in Figure 4).