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HARD DRIVE 101

 

I decided to open up a Western Digital hard drive and find out myself what is in there. If you notice in the above picture there are three “slots” on the rear of the drive:

The first slot on the left of your screen is called an IDE cable slot, which is how the data is transferred from your motherboard. There are 40 small pins in that slot so you do not want to bend them. If you do, the hard drive might not work. Inserting the IDE cable can be done only one way. In the middle of the pins is a blank area with no pins so the cable can only go in one way.

The second slot is for the jumpers; this is what makes your hard drive a master drive or slave drive. What you have to do is position the jumpers in a correct sequence to make it happen. It should state how to do it on the top of the drive, or in an instruction booklet provided with the hard drive.

The third slot is the power slot. The power cable that inserts into this slot comes from the main power supply. The power cable can only go in one way and should go in smoothly, so do not try to jam it in.

A hard metal to protect what is inside surrounds the casing of the hard drive.

 

 

Underneath is a green board with a parts that are very fragile so try not to touch. Make sure you clear your body of static electricity to avoid possible damage to the hard drive.

 

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