3.HARDWARE SETUP

11)Floppy Disk Drive Connector (34-1 pin FLOPPY)

This 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).

NOTE: Orient the red markings on the floppy ribbon cable to PIN 1

PIN 1

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12)Standard and Consumer Infrared Module Connector (5 pin IR)

This connector supports an optional wireless transmitting and receiving infrared module. This module mounts to a small opening on system cases that support this feature. You must also configure the setting through UART2 Use Infrared (see 4.4.2 I/O Device Configuration) to select whether UART2 is directed for use with COM2 or IrDA. Use the five pins as shown in Back View and connect a ribbon cable from the module to the motherboard’s SIR connector according to the pin definitions.

 

IR

Front View

Back View

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

+5V

IRRX GND

IRTX

 

 

 

 

 

IRTX

+5V

 

 

 

GND

(NC)

 

 

 

IRRX

 

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