Connect the Serial ATA cable to the Primary or Secondary Serial ATA connector on the motherboard or PCI card. The drive can be plugged into either although if the drive is meant to be used as a boot drive, select the primary channel as this is the first drive to boot between the Serial ATA connectors.
Installing a Serial ATA Hard Drive
By Mark Kyrnin, About.com Guide
Plug the Serial ATA Cable to the Motherboard
Plug the Serial ATA Cable to the Motherboard
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- Intro and Powering Down
- Open Up the Computer Case
- Install the Hard Drive to the Drive Cage
- Plug the Serial ATA Cable to the Motherboard
- Plug the Serial ATA Cable to the Drive
- (Optional) Plug in Serial ATA Power Adapater
- Plug the Power to the Drive
- Close the Computer Case
- Power Up the Computer
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