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Breather filter hole precaution
Barracuda 7200.10 Serial ATA Installation Guide
ST3750640AS, ST3750840AS, ST3500630AS, ST3500830AS,
ST3400620AS, ST3400820AS, ST3320620AS, ST3320820AS,
ST3300620AS, ST3300820AS, ST3250620AS, ST3250820AS, Breather Hole
and ST3200820AS Do not cover
or seal.
Serial ATA (SATA) Interface Disc Drives 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-
Publication Number: 100402372, Rev. A, February 2006
ity may be compromised and could lead to permanent damage
Serial ATA interface disc drives are designed for easy installation. It is nor- and voids the warranty.
mally not necessary to set any jumpers, terminators, or other settings on
this drive for proper operation. Attaching cables and mounting the drive
With a Serial ATA (SATA) interface, each disc drive has its own cable that 1. Attach one end of the drive interface cable to the SATA interface con-
connects directly to a Serial ATA host adapter or a Serial ATA port on your nector on your computer's motherboard or SATA host adapter (see
motherboard. Unlike Parallel ATA, there is no master-slave relationship your computer manual for connector locations).
between drives that use a Serial ATA interface. Note: Each drive requires its own cable.
You can use a Serial ATA drive in the same system with Parallel ATA drives
as long as both interfaces are supported on the motherboard or with a host
Attach the SATA interface
adapter. This makes it easy to add Serial ATA capability to your existing
cable to the motherboard
system without removing existing Parallel ATA disc drives. or SATA host adapter
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