Apple 17-INCH manual Signal Assignments, Pin number Signal name

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CHAPTER 3

Devices and Ports

Figure 3-5Hard disk connector and location

Signal Assignments

Table 3-6(page 35) shows the signal assignments on the 44-pin portion of the hard disk connector. A slash

(/) at the beginning of a signal name indicates an active-low signal.

Table 3-6Pin assignments on the ATA hard disk connector

Pin number

Signal name

Pin number

Signal name

1

/RESET

2

GROUND

3

DD7

4

DD8

5

DD6

6

DD9

7

DD5

8

DD10

9

DD4

10

DD11

11

DD3

12

DD12

13

DD2

14

DD13

15

DD1

16

DD14

17

DD0

18

DD15

19

GROUND

20

KEY

21

DMARQ

22

GROUND

23

/DIOW, /STOP

24

GROUND

25

/DIOR, /HDMARDY, HSTROBE

26

GROUND

Hard Disk Drive

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Apple 17-INCH manual Signal Assignments, Pin number Signal name

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