Ide Disk Drive Connector - DFI NB71-SC User Manual

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2.8.5 IDE Disk Drive Connector

The system board is equipped with two shrouded PCI IDE headers

that will interface four Enhanced IDE (Integrated Drive Electronics)

disk drives. To prevent improper IDE cable installation, each 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. You may enable or

disable the onboard primary or secondary IDE controller in the

Integrated Peripherals submenu of the BIOS.

Connecting the IDE Disk Drive Cable

1. If you are connecting two IDE drives, install the 40-pin connector

of the IDE cable into the primar y shrouded IDE header (J12). If

you are adding a third or four th IDE device, install the 40-pin

connector of the other IDE cable into the secondary shrouded

IDE header (J11).

2. Install the other 40-pin header connector(s) into the device with

the colored edge of the ribbon cable aligned with pin 1 of the

drive edge connector(s).

Note:

Refer to your disk drive user's manual for information about

selecting proper drive switch settings.

Hardware Installation

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