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4.0 Installing the hard drives
Hard drives must be of the Fast ATA-2, EIDE, or UltraDMA-33/66/100 type. For best performance,
we recommend that you use drives of identical model and capacity. By matching drives, you
ensure compatibility as well. If you are planning to use an UDMA-66 or 100 drive, you must use an
UltraDMA-66/100 cable (Tyan has included that cable with the motherboard).
Step 1: The first step is to set the hard drive to Master, Slave, or Cable Select setting, and install
them according to the table below. Note: Sometimes the Master drive with no Slave attached is
called "single". The Master/Slave setting differentiates two drives connected on the same cable.
NOTE: Check your HDD documentation for master, slave, and cable select settings.
Jumper Settings (see your HDD documentation for jumper settings)
# of Drives
1
2
3
4
Step 2: Next, you should install the drives into your
system, and connect the power. Attach one UltraDMA
cable (black connector) to each drive (if you have a Slave
drive, connect that drive to the second connector (grey
connector) on the UltraDMA cable). Make sure that Pin 1
on the cable (indicated by the colored stripe) is connected
to Pin 1 of the hard drive. See Figure I-1 (to the right) for
an example.
Step 3: The blue end of the cable (see Figure I-2 to the
right for an example) goes to the Primary or Secondary
connector on the motherboard (see p. 7 for location). Make
sure Pin 1 of the ATA-100/66 cable connects to Pin 1 of the
Primary IDE connector (see p. 7 for location). Check all
connections after completing this step, before you continue
to the next part of the installation.
IDE Channel 1
M
M
M & S
M & S
M=Master, S=Slave
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IDE Channel 2
-
M
M
M & S
Blue end of the
ATA-66/100 cable
Figure I-2
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