Connecting The Ide Cable - Intel D945GCPE - Desktop Board Motherboard Product Manual

Connecting the IDE Cable

The IDE cable can connect two drives to the desktop board. The cable supports the
ATA-66/100 transfer protocol. Figure 17 shows the correct installation of the cable.
NOTES
ATA-66/100 compatible cables are backward compatible with drives using slower IDE
transfer protocols. If an ATA-66/100 disk drive and a disk drive using any other IDE
transfer protocol are attached to the same cable, the maximum transfer rate between
the drives may be reduced to that of the slowest drive.
Do not connect an ATA device as a slave on the same IDE cable as an ATAPI master
device. For example, do not connect an ATA hard drive as a slave to an ATAPI
CD-ROM drive.
For correct function of the cable:
• Observe the precautions in "Before You Begin" on page 23.
• Attach the cable end with the single connector (blue) to the Intel desktop board
(Figure 17, A).
• Attach the cable end with the two closely spaced connectors (gray and black) to
the drives (Figure 17, B).
Installing and Replacing Desktop Board Components
Figure 17. Connecting the IDE Cable
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