Installing and Replacing Desktop Board Components

Connecting the IDE Cable

The Intel® boxed desktop board package includes a 40-contact, 80-conductor IDE cable. It is capable of connecting two drives to the desktop board. The cable supports Ultra ATA/66 and Ultra ATA/100 transfer protocols and is backward compatible with drives using slower IDE transfer protocols.

For the cable to function correctly:

•Attach the cable end with the single connector (A), which is blue in color and labeled P1, to the desktop board as shown in Figure 18.

•Attach the cable end with the two closely spaced connectors (B), which are gray and black and are labeled P2 and P3, to the drives.

•If connecting only one IDE drive, be sure to connect the drive to the gray connector (P3).

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Figure 18. Connecting the IDE Cable

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