Connectors - Albatron PX915PD Series User Manual

PX915PD/ PX915GD Series

Connectors

Floppy Disk Connector: FDC
These mainboards provide a standard floppy disk connector (FDC) that supports 360K,
720K, 1.2M, 1.44M and 2.88M floppy diskette drives. This connector supports the floppy
drive ribbon cables provided in the packaging.
Hard Disk Connectors: IDE1/ SATA1-4/
(RAID IDE1/2 => for PX915PD (GD) PRO II &
PX915PD (GD) PRO)
These mainboards provide a standard IDE connector that supports PIO Mode 0~4, Bus
Master, Ultra ATA 66/100. 4 Serial ATA connectors are also available and can provide 150
MB/s transmission rates. The PX915PD (GD) PRO II & PX915PD (GD) PRO also contain 2 RAID
IDE connectors that supports Ultra ATA 133 transmission rates and RAID 0/1/0+1 and JBOD
modes.
IDE1 (Primary IDE Connector)
You can connect 2 IDE devices to the IDE1 connector using a single ribbon cable with 3
connectors (2 for the drives and one to connect to the board). If you are connecting 1
drive, you should configure it as the Master device. If you are connecting a second drive,
you must configure it as the Slave device (see your hard drive manual for master/slave
configuration specifics). If you have an IDE CD-ROM drive, you just can attach it to this
connector.
SATA1-4 (Serial ATA connector)
These SATA connectors (SATA1 – SATA4) support Serial ATA 150. Each SATA connector can
only support one serial ATA device. Note: With most storage devices, there is a power
cable that you need attach to a power source (power supply).
16