Hard Disk Connector: Ide1 & Ide2 - MSI MS-5153 Manual

CHAPTER 2
2.10 Hard Disk Connector: IDE1 & IDE2
The mainboard has a 32-bit Enhanced PCI IDE Controller that provide PIO
mode 4 and Ultra DMA/33 function. It has two HDD connectors IDE1
(primary) and IDE2 (secondary). You can connect up to four hard disk
drives, CD-ROM, 120MB Floppy (reserved for future BIOS) and other
devices to IDE1 and IDE2.
IDE1(primary IDE connector)
The first hard disk should always be connected to IDE1. IDE1 can
connect a Master and a Slave drive.
IDE2(secondary IDE connector)
IDE2 can also connect a Master and a Slave drive.
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