SUPER MICRO Computer H8QME-2, H8QM8-2 Floppy, IDE, Parallel Port, Scsi and Sata Drive Connections

H8QM8-2/H8QME-2 User's Manual

2-9 Floppy, IDE, Parallel Port, SCSI and SATA Drive Connections

Use the following information to connect the floppy and hard disk drive cables.

The floppy disk drive cable has seven twisted wires.

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

A single floppy disk drive ribbon cable has 34 wires and two connectors to provide for two floppy disk drives. The connector with twisted wires always connects to drive A, and the connector that does not have twisted wires always connects to drive B.

The 80-wire ATA133 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.

Floppy Connector

The floppy connector is located

Floppy Drive Connector Pin Definitions (Floppy)

beside the IDE#1 connector. See the table on the right for pin definitions.

Pin#	Definition
1	GND
3	GND
5	Key
7	GND

9GND

11GND

13GND

15GND

17 GND

19GND

21GND

23GND

25GND

27GND

29GND

31GND

33GND

Pin # Definition

2	FDHDIN
4	Reserved
6	FDEDIN
8	Index-

10Motor Enable

12Drive Select B-

14Drive Select A-

16Motor Enable

18 DIR-

20 STEP-

22Write Data-

24Write Gate-

26Track 00-

28Write Protect-

30Read Data-

32Side 1 Select-

34Diskette

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