3.HARDWARE SETUP
9)Primary (Blue) / Secondary IDE ConnectorsThese connectors support the provided UltraDMA/100 IDE hard disk ribbon cable. Connect the cable’s blue connector to the motherboard’s primary (rec- ommended) or secondary IDE connector, and then connect the gray connector to your UltraDMA/100 slave device (hard disk drive) and the black connector to your UltraDMA/100 master device. It is recommended that
NOTE: The hole near the blue connector on the UltraDMA/100 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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H/WConnectors
SETUP
Secondary IDE Connector | Primary IDE Connector |
| PIN 1 |
NOTE: Orient the red markings (usually zigzag) on the IDE ribbon cable to PIN 1.
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).
FLOPPY
NOTE: Orient the red markings on the floppy ribbon cable to PIN 1.
PIN 1
30 | ASUS |