DFI system board, 915g-tmgf, 915gv-tml user manual Hardware Installation IDE Disk Drive Connector

2

Hardware Installation

2.6.5 IDE Disk Drive Connector

4 0 3 9

X

2 1

The system board is equipped with a shrouded PCI IDE header that will interface two Enhanced IDE (Integrated Drive Electronics) disk drives. To prevent improper IDE cable installation, the 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.

The IDE connector supports 2 devices, a Master and a Slave. Use an IDE ribbon cable to connect the drives to the system board. An IDE ribbon cable have 3 connectors on them, one that plugs into an IDE connector on the system board and the other 2 connects to IDE devices. The connector at the end of the cable is for the Master drive and the connector in the middle of the cable is for the Slave drive.

Connecting the IDE Disk Drive Cable

Install one end of the IDE cable into the IDE header (J14) on the system board and the other connectors to the IDE devices.

Note:

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

48