Ide Disk Drive Connector - Kontron MBATX-945G-VGA User Manual

IDE Disk Drive Connector

The system board is equipped with a 90o shrouded PCI IDE header that will interface
two Enhanced IDE (Integrated Drive Electronics) disk drives. To prevent improper IDE
cable installation, the shrouded PCI IDE header has a keying mechanism. The 40-pin
connector on the IDE cable can be placed into the header only if pin 1 of the connector
is aligned with pin 1 of the header.
The IDE connector supports 2 devices, a Master and a Slave. Use an IDE ribbon cable
to connect the drives to the system board. An IDE ribbon cable have 3 connectors on
them, one that plugs into an IDE connector on the system board and the other 2
connects to IDE devices. The connector at the end of the cable is for the Master drive
and the connector in the middle of the cable is for the Slave drive.
Connecting the IDE Disk Drive Cable
Install one end of the IDE cable into the IDE header on the system board and the other
connectors to the IDE devices.
Note: Refer to your disk drive user's manual for information about selecting
proper drive switch settings
page 54
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MBATX-945G-VGA User's Guide