3. Slide the drive tray back into the case
and fasten it with the thumbscrews.
4. Remove the drive bay cover from the
drive bay that you intend to use.
5. Find a small 4-pin white power connector
on the power supply and connect it
to the male 4-pin connector on the device.
Installing Internal 3.5" Devices
The P160W features four internal hard drive bays under the external 3.5 drive
bays. Each bay includes an individual drive tray which mounts through the
open side panel of the case.
1. Squeeze the metal clips on each side of the tray and slide the tray out.
2. Mount your hard drive or other internal 3.5" device into the drive tray by
threading the special screws through the bottom rubber grommets. Don't
over-tighten the screws, since that could decrease the grommets' vibration
and noise absorbing ability.
3. Slide the tray back into the case and lock it.
4. Connect a 4-pin white molex connector on the power supply to the male
4-pin connector on the device.
5. If needed, repeat the same procedure for the other drives.
Note: You can mount the drives with the connectors facing toward or away
from you. If you mount them with the connectors facing away (into the
case) you may wish to connect the data cables before sliding the drive into
the locked position. If you are installing Serial ATA drives we recommend
positioning the drives so that the connectors face you.
Connecting Data Cables
After you've connected the devices to the power supply, you need to connect
the data cables between the devices and the motherboard. Although data
cables aren't included with the P160W, here are some useful tips:
1. For hard drives and CD-ROMs, use 40-pin IDE ribbon cables. For floppy
drives, use 34-pin ribbon cables. These cables should be included with
your drives, and should have a red strip on one side indicating pin number
1. When you connect a ribbon cable to a device, make sure that the red
strip is on pin 1, usually toward the power connector.
2. Attach the side with 2 connectors to the devices. This allows you to con
nect another device if you wish.
3. Connect the far end of the cable to your motherboard on the IDE port,
either IDE 1 or IDE 2, or the FLOPPY port.
NOTE: If you wish to connect a 3.5" drive and a 5.25" drive on the same IDE
channel, we recommend that you use IDE cables which provide 10 or more
inches of flexible cable between connectors or the start of any protective boot.
We suggest you mount the 3.5" drive in the topmost 3.5" drive bay and the
5.25" drive in the bottom 5.25" drive bay.
Installing the Fan
We've included one rear-mounted 120mm cooling fan with vibration-reducing
rubber grommets, and one optional front-mounted 120mm cooling fan
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