
.3
H/WConnectors
SETUP
3.HARDWARE SETUP
9)The RJ45 connector is located on top of the USB Ports 0 & 1. The connector allows the motherboard to conect to a Local Area Network (LAN) through a network hub.
These connectors support the provided UltraDMA/66 IDE hard disk ribbon cable. Connect the cable’s blue connector to the motherboard’s primary (recommended) or secondary IDE connector, and then connect the gray connector to your UltraDMA/66 slave device (hard disk drive) and the black connector to your UltraDMA/66 master device. It is recommended that
NOTE: The hole near the blue connector on the UltraDMA/66 cable is intentional.
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 4.4.1 Advanced CMOS Setup.
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NOTE: Orient the red markings (usually zigzag) on the IDE ribbon cable to PIN 1.
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