Floppy Drive, Simlp, Serial Ata And Hdd Connections - Supermicro SUPERO X8DTN+ User Manual

2-9 Floppy Drive, SIMLP, Serial ATA and HDD
Connections
Note the following when connecting the fl oppy and hard disk drive cables:
•
The SATA disk drive cable has seven twisted wires.
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A red mark on a wire typically designates the location of pin 1.
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A single fl oppy disk drive ribbon cable has 34 wires and two connectors to
provide for two fl oppy 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.
Floppy Connector
The fl oppy connector is located next
to the IDE slot on the motherboard.
See the table on the right for pin
defi nitions.
Floppy Drive Connector
Pin Defi nitions
Pin# Defi nition
1 Ground
3 Ground
5 Key
7 Ground
9 Ground
11 Ground
13 Ground
15 Ground
17 Ground
19 Ground
21 Ground
23 Ground
25 Ground
27 Ground
29 Ground
31 Ground
33 Ground
A. Floppy
A
2-35
Chapter 2: Installation
Pin # Defi nition
2 FDHDIN
4 Reserved
6 FDEDIN
8 Index
10 Motor Enable
12 Drive Select B
14 Drive Select B
16 Motor Enable
18 DIR
20 STEP
22 Write Data
24 Write Gate
26 Track 00
28 Write Protect
30 Read Data
32 Side 1 Select
34 Diskette