Connecting Ide And Floppy Drives - TYAN Trinity ATX Motherboard S1598 User Manual

Chapter 2
Board Installation

5. Connecting IDE and Floppy Drives

The colored stripe on a
ribbon cable should face
toward the keyboard
connector. In Figure 2-9 on
the previous page, 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 2-10 shows the IDE cable properly
connected to the motherboard. Contact your hard disk drive manufacturer or
documentation for more information.
ATA-66 IDE hard drives require a special IDE cable which has additional
grounding wires. The cable is sold separately, and is required when using
ATA-66 drives. This cable will also support all legacy IDE drives.
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 caused by a bad power supply or IDE drive.
Pin 1
Figure 2-10
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