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Forgottin how to install a hard drive into pc Grr.
« on: July 17, 2009, 10:07:37 PM »
dont laught at me i forgett little things like taking my daily medicine becuase i have short term memory.

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Re: Forgottin how to install a hard drive into pc Grr.
« Reply #1 on: July 18, 2009, 12:23:25 PM »
SATA/IDE cable goes into back of HDD, power cable from PSU goes into the back of the HDD. SATA/IDE cable goes into SATA/IDE port on mobo (SATA = little (red) ones, IDE = long MANY pin's probably running down the side).

Otherwise wait til LAN.
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Re: Forgottin how to install a hard drive into pc Grr.
« Reply #2 on: July 18, 2009, 04:39:07 PM »
set the jumper pins to cable select if you got a cable select IDE cable and if it has been preformated job doneb (go into BIOS under hard drive it will tell you if you got it connected)
 
 
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