Connectors - Asus P4P800-F User Manual

1.12 Connectors

This section describes and illustrates the internal connectors on the motherboard.
1. IDE connectors (40-1 pin PRI_IDE1, SEC_IDE1)
This connector supports the provided UltraATA100/66/33 IDE hard disk ribbon
cable. Connect the cable's blue connector to the primary (recommended) or
secondary IDE connector, then connect the gray connector to the
UltraATA100/66/33 slave device (hard disk drive) and the black connector to the
UltraATA100/66/33 master device. It is recommended that you connect non-
UltraATA100/66/33 devices to the secondary IDE connector. If you install two
hard disks, you must configure the second drive as a slave device by setting its
jumper accordingly. Refer to the hard disk documentation for the jumper settings.
BIOS supports specific device bootup. If you have more than two
UltraATA100/66/33 devices, purchase another UltraATA100/66/33 cable. You
may configure two hard disks to be both master devices with two ribbon cables –
one for the primary IDE connector and another for the secondary IDE connector.
1. Pin 20 on each IDE connector is removed to match the covered hole on the
2. The hole near the blue connector on the UltraATA100/66/33 cable is
P4P800-F
P4P800-F IDE Connectors
1-20
UltraATA cable connector. This prevents incorrect orientation when you
connect the cables.
intentional.
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NOTE: Orient the red markings
(usually zigzag) on the IDE
ribbon cable to PIN 1.
PIN 1
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