Connecting Ide And Floppy Drives - TYAN S1837 User Manual

Chapter 2
Board Installation

5. Connecting IDE and Floppy Drives

The colored stripe on a ribbon cable should face toward the battery on the
motherboard. In Figure 2-21 below, you can see how the IDE cables should
look when they are connected to your hard drive. Notice how Pin 1 (denoted
by a red stripe) is connected so that it is next to the power connector of the
drive. The primary IDE connector is black; the secondary IDE connector is
white.
In most cases, this is the proper way of connecting your IDE cable to the
harddrive. Figure 2-22 on the following page shows the IDE cable properly
connected to the motherboard. Contact your hard disk drive manufacturer or
documentation for more information.
Some symptoms of incorrectly installed HDDs are:
• Hard disk drives are not auto-detected: may be a Master / Slave
problem or a bad IDE cable. Contact your vendor.
• Hard Disk Drive Fail message at bootup: may be a bad cable or lack
of power going to the drive.
• No video or beeps on bootup: usually means the cable is on
backwards.
• Hard drive lights are constantly on: bad IDE cable or defective
drives/motherboard. Try another HDD.
•
Hard drives do not power up: check power cables and cabling.
May also be a bad power supply or IDE drive.
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Figure 2-21
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