SUPER MICRO Computer H8QII-F, H8QI6-F 10 IDE, SAS and Sata Drive Connections, IDE Connectors

H8QI6/i-F Serverboard User's Manual

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Use the following information to connect the IDE hard disk drive cables.

•A red mark on a wire typically designates the location of pin 1.

•The 80-wire ATA100/66 IDE hard disk drive cable that came with your system has two connectors to support two drives. This special cable should be used to take advantage of the speed this new technology offers. The blue connector connects to the onboard IDE connector interface and the other connector(s) to your hard drive(s). Consult the documentation that came with your disk drive for details on actual jumper locations and settings for the hard disk drive.

IDE Connectors

There are two IDE connectors (one blue and one white) on the serverboard. IDE#1 (blue) is designated as the Primary IDE drive. The white connector is designated as the Secondary IDE drive and is reserved for Compact Flash Card use only. (See the note below.) See the table on the right for pin definitions.

Note: The white slot is reserved for Compact Flash Cards only. Do not use it for other devices. If populated with a Compact Flash Card, IDE#1 (the blue slot) will be available for one device only. For the Compact Flash Card to work properly, you will first need to enable with JCF1 and connect a power cable to JWF1.

IDE Drive Connector

Pin Definitions (IDE#1)

Pin#	Definition	Pin #	Definition
1	Reset IDE		Ground
		2
3	Host Data 7		Host Data 8
		4
5	Host Data 6		Host Data 9
		6
7	Host Data 5		Host Data 10
		8
9	Host Data 4		Host Data 11
		10
11	Host Data 3		Host Data 12
		12
13	Host Data 2		Host Data 13
		14
15	Host Data 1		Host Data 14
		16
17	Host Data 0		Host Data 15
		18
19	Ground		Key
		20
21	DRQ3		Ground
		22
23	I/O Write		Ground
		24
25	I/O Read		Ground
		26
27	IOCHRDY		BALE
		28
29	DACK3		Ground
		30
31	IRQ14		IOCS16
		32
33	Addr1		Ground
		34
35	Addr0		Addr2
		36
37	Chip Select 0		Chip Select 1
		38
39	Activity	40	Ground

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