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9. Attach the IDE cable.
•If you have a 40-pin 40-conductor cable,
attach the system connector of the cable to
the IDE port on the motherboard or controller
card. The pin 1 side of the IDE cable is
marked with a stripe. The connector can only
be inserted one way.
•If you have a 40-pin 80-conductor cable,
attach the drive to the appropriate color-
coded connector. Forty-pin 80-conductor
cables are color-coded black for Master, gray
for Slave, and blue for system connectors.
10. Attach the power supply cable to the drive. Match
the connector bevels.
11. Mount the drive securely.
12. Verify all attachments.
13. Replace the computer cover.
14. Plug in the computer.
15. Turn on the computer.
16. Verify that the hard disk is recognized by the BIOS
and is reporting the full capacity of the drive.
Instructions for accessing your BIOS can be found
in the computer system manual or in the mother-
board manufacturer documentation. If the drive is
not recognized in the BIOS, set the BIOS options
of your computer system to Auto Detection and
LBA mode if available. Once the drive is
recognized correctly in the BIOS, it is ready to be
partitioned and formatted.
137GB Limitation
With the 160GB and 250GB model, you may encounter
a BIOS limitation of 137GB. Possible solutions for the
137GB limitation include operating system patches, 3rd
party hardware or BIOS upgrade. If you would like
additional information about the 137GB limitation and
possible 3rd party solutions, see the FAQ “What is the
137GB limitation” at: www.hitachigst.com/support
17. Your operating system setup utility will provide
instructions on how to partition and format your
drive before it installs the operating system. For
additional information see:
www.hitachigst.com/support
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9 February 2005
