Connecting Ide And Floppy Cables; Connecting Front Panel Cable; Connecting Atx Power Cables - AOpen nCK804a-LFS Installation Manual

5. Connecting IDE and Floppy Cables

Connect 34-pin floppy cable and 40-pin, 80-wire IDE cable to floppy connector FDD
and IDE connector. Be careful of the pin1 orientation. Wrong orientation may cause
system damage.
Pin 1
FDD Connector

6. Connecting ATX Power Cables

This motherboard comes with a 24-pin and 4-pin ATX power connector as shown
below. Make sure you plug in the right direction. We strongly recommend you to
insert the 4-pin connector before connecting the 20-pin connector.
Primary Primary
Slave (2nd) Master (1st)
IDE 1 (Primary)
IDE 2 (Secondary)
Pin 1
Secondary Secondary
Master (3rd)
Slave (4th)
ATA 66/100/133
IDE Connector
+12V
+12V
Ground
Ground

7. Connecting Front Panel Cable

Attach the power LED, speaker, and reset switch connectors to the corresponding
pins. If you enable "Suspend Mode" item in BIOS Setup, the ACPI & Power LED
will keep flashing while the system is in suspend mode.
Locate the power switch cable from your ATX housing. It is 2-pin female
connector from the housing front panel. Plug this connector to the soft-power
switch connector marked SPWR.
8. Power-on and Loading BIOS Setup
After you finish the setting of jumpers and connect correct cables. Power
on and enter the BIOS Setup, press <Del> during POST (Power on Self
Del
Test). Choose "Load Setup Defaults" for recommended optimal
performance.
Warning: Please avoid of using "Load Turbo Defaults", unless you are sure your
system components (CPU, RAM, HDD, etc.) are good enough for turbo setting.