Ide Hard Disk And Cd Rom - AOpen AX5TC User Manual

2.3.10 IDE Hard Disk and CD ROM

This motherboard supports two 40-pin IDE connectors marked as IDE1 and
IDE2. IDE1 is also known as primary channel and IDE2 as secondary
channel, each channel supports two IDE devices that makes total of four
devices.
In order to work together, the two devices on each channel must be set
differently to master and slave mode, either one can be hard disk or CDROM.
The setting as master or slave mode depends on the jumper on your IDE
device, please refer to your hard disk and CDROM manual accordingly.
Connect your first IDE hard disk to master mode of the primary channel. If
you have second IDE device to install in your system, connect it as slave
mode on the same channel, and the third and fourth device can be connected
on secondary channel as master and slave mode respectively.
Caution : The specification of IDE cable is
maximum 46cm (18 inches), make sure your
cable does not excess this length.
Caution: For better signal quality, it is
recommended to set far end side device to
master mode and follow the suggested
sequence to install your new device . Please
refer to following figure.
Hardware Installation
2 40
39
1
IDE2
2 40
39
1
IDE1
2-17