SETUP H/W .III

Connectors

III.HARDWARE SETUP

6.Primary / Secondary IDE Connectors (Two 40-1pin IDE)

These connectors support the provided IDE hard disk ribbon cable. After connect- ing the single end to the board, connect the two plugs at the other end to your hard disk(s). If you install two hard disks, you must configure the second drive to Slave mode by setting its jumper accordingly. Refer to the documentation of your hard disk for the jumper settings. BIOS now supports SCSI device or IDE CD-ROM

bootup (see “HDD Sequence SCSI/IDE First” & “Boot Sequence” in the BIOS Features Setup of BIOS SETUP) (Pin 20 is removed to prevent inserting in the wrong orientation when using ribbon cables with pin 20 plugged).

TIP: You may configure two hard disks to be both Masters using one ribbon cable on the primary IDE connector and another ribbon cable on 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 BIOS Features Setup.

NOTE: Orient the red stripe to PIN 1

Secondary

 

 

 

Primary

 

 

IDE Connector

 

 

IDE Connector

P2-99

P2-99 IDE Connectors

PIN 1

7.Floppy Disk Drive Connector (34-1pin FLOPPY)

This connector supports the provided floppy disk drive ribbon cable. After con- necting 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 stripe to Pin 1

Floppy Drive Connector

P2-99

Pin 1

P2-99 Floppy Disk Drive Connector

30

ASUS P2-99 User’s Manual