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Installing a Hard Disk Drive/CD-ROM/SATA Hard Drive

This section describes how to install IDE devices such as a hard disk drive and a CD-ROM drive.

About SATA Connectors

Your motherboard features four SATA connectors supporting a total of four drives. MCP61SM -AM only has

two SATA connectors supporting a total of two drives. SATA refers to Serial ATA (Advanced Technology

Attachment) is the standard interface for the IDE hard drives which are currently used in most PCs. These

connectors are well designed and will only fit in one orientation. Locate the SATA connectors on the

motherboard and follow the illustration below to install the SATA hard drives.

Installing Serial ATA Hard Drives

To install the Serial ATA (SATA) hard drives, use the SATA cable that supports the Serial ATA protocol. This

SATA cable comes with an SATA power cable. You can connect either end of the SATA cable to the SATA hard

drive or the connector on the motherboard.

SATA cable (optional)

SATA power cable (optional)

Refer to the illustration below for proper installation:

1. Attach either cable end to the connector on the motherboard.

2. Attach the other cable end to the SATA hard drive.

3. Attach the SATA power cable to the SATA hard drive and connect the other

end to the power supply.

This motherboard does not support the “Hot-Plug” function.

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