Connecting Ide Devices - Procomp BIW2A User Manual

Board end
Pin 1 side
Drive B:
Drive A:
Board end
Pin 1 side
Slave
Master
Configuration & Installation
Connecting Floppy Disk Drives
The motherboard floppy disk drive controller con-
nector uses the narrower (34-pin) of the two sup-
plied cables. There are three connectors on the
cable, one at each end and one in the middle,
more towards one end. The end with two connec-
tors closer together goes to the disk drives. The
other end connects to the motherboard.
Always connect the Pin 1 side of the ribbon cable
(the colored edge) to the Pin 1 side of the cable
connector on the motherboard or device. The Pin
1 corner is marked on the motherboard and drives
usually have it marked in some way. The rule of
thumb for drives is that the Pin 1 side of the con-
nector is on the drive power connector side.
The end drive connector on the ribbon cable is for
floppy disk drive Drive A: and the middle connec-
tor is for Drive B:. The supplied cable only sup-
ports 1.44MB floppy disk drives.

Connecting IDE Devices

The motherboard EIDE device controller connec-
tor uses the wider (40-pin) of the two supplied ca-
bles. There are three connectors on the cable, one
at each end and one in the middle, more towards
one end. The end with two connectors closer to-
gether goes to the IDE devices. The other end
connects to the motherboard.
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