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10) Floppy Disk Drive Connector (34-1 pin FLOPPY)
This connector supports the provided floppy drive ribbon cable. After
connecting the single end to the board, connect the two plugs on the other
end to the floppy drives. (Pin 5 is removed to prevent inserting in the
wrong orientation when using ribbon cables with pin 5 plugged).
A7N266-VM Floppy Disk Drive Connector
11) Primary (Blue) / Secondary (Black) IDE Connectors
(40-1 pin PRIMARY IDE and SECONDARY IDE)
The Primary and Secondary IDE connectors support the IDE hard disk ribbon
cables supplied with the motherboard. Connect the cable's blue connector
to the motherboard's primary IDE connector (recommended) or the secondary
IDE connector. Connect the opposite end of the cable to your UltraDMA100/
66 device (hard disk drive).
youmay reset its jumper to Slave or Master/Slave mode. Non-UltraDMA100/
66 devices should be connected to the secondary IDE connector. BIOS
supports specific device bootup (see 4.6 Boot Menu.)
IMPORTANT!
cable and RAID arrays only operate with such cables.
A7N266-VM IDE Connectors
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If a second hard disk drive is connected,
UltraDMA100 IDE devices require a 40-pin 80-conductor
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NOTE: Orient the red markings on
the floppy ribbon cable to
PIN 1
NOTE: Orient the red markings
(usually zigzag) on the IDE
ribbon cable to PIN 1.
PIN 1
PIN 1
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