Attaching Drive Cables - TYAN THUNDER I7520, D, R, RD Manual

Thunder i7520 / Thunder i7520R Chapter 3: Board Installation
3.5 – Attaching Drive Cables
Attaching IDE drive cabling is simple. These cables are "keyed" to only allow them to be
connected in the correct manner. TYAN motherboards have two on-board IDE channels, each
supporting two drives. The black connector designates the Primary channel, while the
white connector designates the Secondary channel.
Attaching IDE cables to the IDE connectors is illustrated below:
Simply plug in the BLUE END of the IDE cable into the motherboard IDE connector, and the
other end(s) into the drive(s). Each standard IDE cable has three connectors, two of which are
closer together. The BLUE connector that is furthest away from the other two is the end that
connects to the motherboard. The other two connectors are used to connect to drives.
TIP: Pin 1 on the IDE cable (usually designated by a colored wire) faces the drive's power
connector.
Serial ATA
Attaching Serial ATA cables to the Serial ATA connectors is illustrated below:
Se rial ATA Hard drive
Serial ATA Cable
Serial ATA Connector
Serial ATA Cable
Power Cable
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