2.8 Onboard Headers and Connectors

Onboard headers and connectors are NOT jumpers. Do NOT place jumper caps over these headers and connectors. Placing jumper caps over the headers and connectors will cause permanent damage of the motherboard!

FDD connector (33-pin FLOPPY1)

(see p.9 No. 20)

Pin1

FLOPPY1

 

 

 

the red-striped side to Pin1

Note: Make sure the red-striped side of the cable is plugged into Pin1 side of the connector.

Primary IDE connector (Blue)

Secondary IDE connector (Black)

(39-pin IDE1, see p.9 No. 8)

(39-pin IDE2, see p.9 No. 7)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PIN1

IDE1

 

PIN1

IDE2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

connect the blue end

 

 

 

 

connect the black end

 

to the motherboard

 

 

 

 

to the IDE devices

80-conductor ATA 66/100 cable

Note: If you use only one IDE device on this motherboard, please set the IDE device as “Master”. Please refer to the instruction of your IDE device vendor for the details. Besides, to optimize compatibility and performance, please connect your hard disk drive to the primary IDE connector (IDE1, blue) and CD-ROM to the secondary IDE connector (IDE2, black).

Serial ATA Connectors

These two Serial ATA (SATA)

(SATA1: see p.9 No. 11)

 

 

 

connectors support SATA data

 

 

 

 

(SATA2: see p.9 No. 12)

 

 

 

 

cables for internal storage

 

 

 

 

 

devices. The current SATA

SATA1 SATA2

interface allows up to 1.5 Gb/s

 

 

 

 

 

data transfer rate.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Serial ATA (SATA)

Either end of the SATA data cable

Data Cable

can be connected to the SATA

 

 

 

 

 

hard disk or the SATA connector

 

 

 

 

 

on the motherboard.

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