Attaching The Ide Drives - Intel D845PT Quick Reference Manual

10 Attaching the IDE Drives

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The Intel boxed desktop board package includes an IDE cable. The cable can
connect two drives to the desktop board. The cable support the Ultra DMA-33
(40-contact) and ATA-66/100 (40-contact, 80-conductor) transfer protocols and
is backward compatible with drives using slower IDE transfer protocols.
The cable will work correctly only when oriented as shown in the figure below.
For correct cable function:
1. Observe the precautions in "Before You Begin" on page 3.
2. Attach the cable end with the single connector (A) to the board.
3. Attach the cable end with the two closely spaced connectors (B) to the
drives.
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A
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