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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. Please refer to your hard disk documentation for the jumper setting.

Pin

Description

Pin

Description

Pin

Description

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

Reset #

2

GND

3

Data 7

4

Data 8

5

Data 6

6

Data 9

7

Data 5

8

Data 10

9

Data 4

10

Data 11

11

Data 3

12

Data 12

13

Data 2

14

Data 13

15

Data 1

16

Data 14

17

Data 0

18

Data 15

19

GND

20

No connector

21

No connector

22

GND

23

IOW #

24

GND

25

IOR #

26

GND

27

IOCHRDY

28

No connector

29

No connector

30

GND-Default

31

Interrupt

32

No connector

33

SA1

34

No connector

35

SA0

36

SA2

37

HDC CS0 #

38

HDC CSI #

39

HDD Active #

40

GND

 

 

 

 

2.5.6 Floppy Disk Connector: FLOPPY

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2.88 MB, 3.5-inch

This connector supports the provided floppy drive ribbon cable. After connecting the single and to the board, connect the two plugs on the other end to the floppy drives.

Pin

Description

Pin

Description

Pin

Description

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

GND

2

Reduce write current

3

GND

4

No connector

5

GND

6

No connector

7

GND

8

Index#

9

GND

10

Motor enable A#

11

GND

12

Drive select B#

13

GND

14

Drive select A#

15

GND

16

Motor enable B#

17

GND

18

Direction#

19

GND

20

STEP#

21

GND

22

Write data#

23

GND

24

Write gate#

25

GND

26

Track 0 #

27

GND

28

Write protect#

29

GND

30

Read data#

31

GND

32

Side 1 select#

33

GND

34

Disk change#

 

 

 

 

2.5.7 Adapter connector for 10/100 LAN: LAN1

This connector is for the LAN adapter that has LED indicate the 10/100Mbps transfer rate / Link / Act status of Ethernet capability of the CPU card. The follow table shows the pin assignments of this connector.

The floppy interface can be configured for the following floppy drive capacities and sizes:

360KB, 5.25-inch

1.2 MB, 5.25-inch

720KB, 3.5-inch

1.2 MB, 3.5-inch (driver required) 1.25/1.44 MB, 3.5-inch

C N 1 3

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

L in k

T r a n s m it

L E D

L E D

PIN No.

Function

PIN No.

Function

 

 

 

 

1

TX+

5

GND

 

 

 

 

2

TX-

6

NC

 

 

 

 

3

NC

7

RX+

 

 

 

 

4

GND

8

RX-

 

 

 

 

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Intel SYS7180VE user manual Floppy Disk Connector Floppy, Adapter connector for 10/100 LAN LAN1, PIN No Function

SYS7180VE specifications

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