Onboard Headers And Connectors - ASROCK P4S55FX User Manual

2.6 Onboard Headers and Connectors

Onboard headers and connectors are NOT jumpers. Do NOT place jumper
caps over these headers and connectors. Placing jumper caps over the
headers and connectors will cause permanent damage of the motherboard!
FDD Connector
(33-pin FLOPPY1)
(see p.7 No. 19 / p.8 No. 17)
Note: Make sure the red-striped side of the cable is plugged into Pin1 side of the
connector.
Primary IDE Connector (Blue)
(39-pin IDE1, see p.7 No. 9 / p.8, No. 9)
IDE1
PIN1
connect the blue end
to the motherboard
Note: If you use only one IDE device on this motherboard, please set the IDE
device as "Master". Please refer to the instruction of your IDE device vendor
for the details. Besides, to optimize compatibility and performance, please
connect your hard disk drive to the primary IDE connector (IDE1, blue) and
CD-ROM to the secondary IDE connector (IDE2, black).
Serial ATA Connectors
(Only on P4S55FX+ motherboard)
(SATA2: see p.7 No. 13)
(SATA1: see p.7 No. 14)
Serial ATA (SATA)
Data Cable
(Only for P4S55FX+ motherboard)
FLOPPY1
Pin1
Secondary IDE Connector (Black)
PIN1
80-conductor ATA 66/100/133 cable
SATA2
SATA1
the red-striped side to Pin1
(39-pin IDE2, see p.7 No. 8 / p.8, No. 8)
IDE2
connect the black end
to the IDE devices
Serial ATA (SATA) connectors
are only available on P4S55FX+
motherboard. These two Serial
ATA (SATA) connectors support
SATA data cables for internal
storage devices. The current
SATA interface allows up to
1.5 Gb/s data transfer rate.
Either end of the SATA data cable
can be connected to the SATA
hard disk or the SATA connector
on the motherboard.