10)Primary (Blue) / Secondary (Black) IDE Connectors (40-1 pin PRIMARY IDE and SECONDARY IDE)

These connectors support the IDE hard disk ribbon cables supplied with the motherboard. Connect the cable’s blue connector to the motherboard’s primary IDE connector (recommended) or the secondary IDE connector. Then connect the opposite end of the cable to your hard disk. A second slave hard disk may be attached to the intermediate connector on the cable; it may be necessary to reset its jumper to Slave mode. Refer to your hard disk documentation for the jumper settings. It is recommended that non-ATA- 100/66 devices be connected to the secondary IDE connector. BIOS now supports specific device bootup (see 4.6 Boot Menu.)

NOTE: ATA-100 is backward compatible with ATA-66 and ATA-33 as with all existing ATA devices and systems; there is no need to upgrade current EIDE/IDE drives and host systems. ATA-66 and ATA-100 IDE devices require a 40-pin 80-conductor cable and RAID arrays only operate with such cables.

A7V266-M

A7V266-M IDE Connectors

Primary IDE Connector

 

 

 

 

 

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PIN 1

NOTE: Orient the red markings (usually zigzag) on the IDE ribbon cable to PIN 1.

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