Connecting Both Types Of Ide Devices; Drive Assignments - Matrox 4Sight-II Installation And Hardware Reference

52 Chapter 3: Adding devices to the Matrox 4Sight-II motherboard
Important
To connect the devices:
1. Using the three-connector flat-ribbon cable, attach one connector to the 44-to-40
cable adapter, and attach the other two connectors to each device.
2. Using the other flat-ribbon cable, attach one connector to the primary ATA-44
connector, and attach the other connector to the 44-to-40 cable adapter.
3. Set the jumpers on each device, so that one will operate in master mode, and the
other in slave mode.
4. Attach the custom power cable between the power-input connector on your IDE
devices, and the power-supply connector on the motherboard.
The voltages that can be drawn from the 4-pin power plug on the motherboard
are outlined in the Motherboard section of Technical reference. If the IDE device
you are connecting requires more power than that specified in the table, use an
external power supply. If you do not, you will risk damaging the motherboard.

Connecting both types of IDE devices

You can connect both types of IDE devices to the motherboard simultaneously.
Follow the procedures outlined in the previous sections, keeping in mind the
performance limitations of devices connected to the secondary ATA-44 connector.

Drive assignments

By default, if a device is attached to the primary ATA-44 connector, it is
automatically identified as the primary master or primary slave by the BIOS.
Similarly, when a device is attached to the secondary ATA-44 connector, it will be
identified as the secondary master or secondary slave by the BIOS. Run the BIOS
Setup program to verify your devices' configurations.
Master or slave designations are based on your device's jumper settings, and are
used simply to differentiate two devices connected to the same ATA-44 connector.
There is no difference in performance between these modes. For more
information, please refer to your device's documentation.