Connectors - Albatron KX18D PRO User Manual

Connectors

Floppy Disk Connector: FDC
This mainboard provides a standard floppy disk connector (FDC) that supports 360K, 720K, 1.2M,
1.44M and 2.88M floppy diskettes. This connector supports the floppy drive ribbon cables provided
in the packaging.
Hard Disk Connectors: IDE1-2、SATA1-2
This mainboard has a 32-bit Enhanced PCI IDE Controller that supports Ultra 6-0/ DMA 2-0 and
PIO 4-0 modes, Ultra ATA 133/ 100/ 66/ 33. It has two IDE connectors, IDE1 (primary) and IDE2
(secondary). The KX18D PRO II also has a Serial ATA controller and provides two serial ATA
connectors.
IDE1 (Primary IDE Connector)
You can connect up to two hard drives to IDE1. If you attach two drives, you must use a ribbon cable
with three connectors. You must also configure one drive as the master and one drive as the slave,
using the jumpers located on each drive.
IDE2 (Secondary IDE Connector)
The IDE2 controller can also support a Master and a Slave drive. The configuration is similar to
IDE1. The second drive on this controller must be set to slave mode.
SATA1/ SATA2 (only for KX18D PRO II)
These SATA connectors support Serial ATA 150. These connectors only can connect to one serial
ATA hard disk each.
SATA2
SATA1
IDE2
IDE1
FDC
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