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Breather filter hole precaution
Barracuda 7200.9 Serial ATA Installation Guide
ST3500841AS, ST3500641AS, ST3400833AS, ST3400633AS,
ST3300822AS, ST3300622AS, ST3250824AS, ST3250624AS,
ST3200827AS, ST3160211AS, ST3160212AS, ST3160811AS, Breather Hole
ST3160812AS, ST3120211AS, ST3120213AS, ST3120811AS, Do not cover
ST3120813AS, ST380211AS, ST3802110AS, ST380811AS, or seal.
ST3808110AS, and ST3402111AS Caution. Do not cover, seal, or insert any object into this hole. If this hole
is covered, sealed, or penetrated by any object, the drive reliabil-
Serial ATA (SATA) Interface Disc Drives ity may be compromised and could lead to permanent damage
and voids the warranty.
Publication Number: 100390002, Rev. B, January 2006
Serial ATA interface disc drives are designed for easy installation. It is nor- Attaching cables and mounting the drive
mally not necessary to set any jumpers, terminators, or other settings on 1. Attach one end of the drive interface cable to the SATA interface con-
this drive for proper operation. nector on your computer's motherboard or SATA host adapter (see
With a Serial ATA (SATA) interface, each disc drive has its own cable that your computer manual for connector locations).
connects directly to a Serial ATA host adapter or a Serial ATA port on your Note: Each drive requires its own cable.
motherboard. Unlike Parallel ATA, there is no master-slave relationship
between drives that use a Serial ATA interface.
Attach the SATA interface
You can use a Serial ATA drive in the same system with Parallel ATA drives
cable to the motherboard
as long as both interfaces are supported on the motherboard or with a host or SATA host adapter
adapter. This makes it easy to add Serial ATA capability to your existing
system without removing existing Parallel ATA disc drives.
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