installing second IDE hard drive?
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Shutdown the computer from the operating system. Once the OS has shutdown, turn it off by flipping the switch on the back of the power supply, if there is one, and remove the power cable.
Note: If the PSU has an off/on switch then leave the power cable plugged in ... this will act as an earth for the PC AND you.
Opening up the case.
Simply unplug the IDE and power cables from the current primary hard drive. Check that the 'jumper' on your existing drive is set to "master".
Set the jumpers on the new drive to be a Slave drive.
Simply slide the drive into the cage so that the mounting holes on the drive match up to the holes on the cage. Fasten down the drive to the cage with screws. (you did get screws, didn't you?)
Note: It is better to mount the new driver under the old one ... if you need to, move the old one up first. Try and have a gap between the two drives for air to circulate.
Attach the IDE cable connectors from the ribbon cables both into the old hard drive and the secondary hard drive. The connector furthest from the motherboard (often black) should be plugged into the primary hard drive. The middle connector (often gray) will be plugged into the secondary drive. Most cables are keyed to fit only in a specific direction on the drive connector but if it is not keyed, place the red striped portion of the IDE cable towards pin 1 of the drive. ALL drives have pin one next to the power cable of the drive.
All that is left to do inside of the computer is to attach the power connectors to the drives. Each drive requires a 4-pin Molex power connector. Locate a free one from the power supply and plug it into the connector on the drive. Be sure to do this with the primary drive as well if it was removed.
Do NOT close the case just yet ... Murphy & Sods law will apply if you do.
Stick your fingers in your ears and "Boot the PC " all should be OK
If you are using XP then go to 'Drive Management' and format your new drive.
Now, you can close the case.
Done!
mucks copywrite 2005
Note: If the PSU has an off/on switch then leave the power cable plugged in ... this will act as an earth for the PC AND you.
Opening up the case.
Simply unplug the IDE and power cables from the current primary hard drive. Check that the 'jumper' on your existing drive is set to "master".
Set the jumpers on the new drive to be a Slave drive.
Simply slide the drive into the cage so that the mounting holes on the drive match up to the holes on the cage. Fasten down the drive to the cage with screws. (you did get screws, didn't you?)
Note: It is better to mount the new driver under the old one ... if you need to, move the old one up first. Try and have a gap between the two drives for air to circulate.
Attach the IDE cable connectors from the ribbon cables both into the old hard drive and the secondary hard drive. The connector furthest from the motherboard (often black) should be plugged into the primary hard drive. The middle connector (often gray) will be plugged into the secondary drive. Most cables are keyed to fit only in a specific direction on the drive connector but if it is not keyed, place the red striped portion of the IDE cable towards pin 1 of the drive. ALL drives have pin one next to the power cable of the drive.
All that is left to do inside of the computer is to attach the power connectors to the drives. Each drive requires a 4-pin Molex power connector. Locate a free one from the power supply and plug it into the connector on the drive. Be sure to do this with the primary drive as well if it was removed.
Do NOT close the case just yet ... Murphy & Sods law will apply if you do.
Stick your fingers in your ears and "Boot the PC " all should be OK
If you are using XP then go to 'Drive Management' and format your new drive.
Now, you can close the case.
Done!
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