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3.HARDWARE SETUP

9)Primary / Secondary IDE Connectors (40-1 pin PRIMARY/SECONDARY) These connectors support the provided IDE hard disk ribbon cable. After connecting 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 your hard disk documentation for the jumper settings. BIOS now supports specific device bootup (see Boot Sequence in 4.6 Boot Menu). (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 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 Boot Sequence in 4.6 Boot Menu.

IMPORTANT: UltraDMA/66 IDE devices must use an 80-conductor IDE cable.

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P3W IDE Connectors

Secondary IDE Connector

 

 

 

 

 

 

Primary IDE Connector

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PIN 1

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

10)IDE Activity LED Lead (2-pin IDELED)

This lead supplies power to the cabinet’s IDE activity LED. Read and write activity by devices connected to the Primary and/or Secondary IDE connectors will cause the LED to light up.

 

TIP: If the case-mounted LED does not

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light, try reversing the 2-pin plug.

 

IDELED

P3W IDE Activity LED

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