Connectors
.3 SETUP H/W
3.HARDWARE SETUP
9)Floppy Disk Drive ConnectorThis connector supports the provided floppy drive ribbon cable. After connect- ing the single end to the board, connect the two plugs on the other end to the floppy drives. (Pin 5 is removed to prevent inserting in the wrong orienta- tion when using ribbon cables with pin 5 plugged).
FLOPPY
NOTE: Orient the red markings on the floppy ribbon cable to PIN 1.
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PIN 1
A7M266 Floppy Disk Drive Connector
10)Primary (Blue) / Secondary IDE Connectors (TwoThese connectors support the provided UltraDMA/100 IDE hard disk ribbon cable. Connect the cable’s blue connector to the motherboard’s primary (recom- mended) or secondary IDE connector, and then connect the gray connector to your UltraDMA/100 slave device (hard disk drive) and the black connector to your UltraDMA/100 master device. It is recommended that
TIP: You may configure two hard disks to be both Masters with two ribbon cables – one for the primary IDE connector and another for the secondary IDE connector. You may install one operating system on an IDE drive and another on a SCSI drive and select the boot disk through the BIOS.
IMPORTANT: UltraDMA100/66 IDE devices must use a
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A7M266 IDE Connectors
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NOTE: Orient the red markings (usually zigzag) on the IDE ribbon cable to PIN 1.
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