Belkin PM11-EL/RAMA, PM11-UL/RAMA, PM11-EC/RAMA Hardware Installation IDE Disk Drive Connector

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Hardware Installation

2.6.5 IDE Disk Drive Connector

IDE 2

(J23)

IDE 1

(J19)

40

2

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The mainboard is equipped with two shrouded PCI IDE headers that will interface four Enhanced IDE (Integrated Drive Electronics) disk drives. To prevent improper IDE cable installation, each shrouded PCI IDE header has a keying mechanism. The 40-pin connector on the IDE cable can be placed into the header only if pin 1 of the connector is aligned with pin 1 of the header. You can enable or disable the onboard primary or secondary IDE controller in the Integrated Peripherals submenu (“VIA OnChip IDE Device” field) of the BIOS.

Connecting the IDE Disk Drive Cable

1.If you are connecting two IDE drives, install the 40-pin connector of the IDE cable into the primary shrouded IDE header (J19). If you are adding a third or fourth IDE device, install the 40-pin connector of the other IDE cable into the secondary shrouded IDE header (J23).

2.Install the other 40-pin header connector(s) into the device with the colored edge of the ribbon cable aligned with pin 1 of the drive edge connector(s).

Note:

Refer to your disk drive user’s manual for information about selecting proper drive switch settings.

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