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Connecting the IDE Cable
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The Intel
boxed desktop board package includes an IDE cable. The cable connects two drives to
the Intel desktop board. The cable supports ATA-66 and ATA-100 transfer protocols and is
backward compatible with drives using slower IDE transfer protocols. Figure 8 shows the correct
installation of the cable.
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NOTE
ATA-66/100 compatible cables are backward compatible with drives using slower IDE transfer
protocols. If an ATA-66/100 disk drive and a disk drive using any other IDE transfer protocol are
attached to the same cable, the maximum transfer rate between the drives may be reduced to that
of the slowest drive.
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NOTE
Do not connect an ATA device as a slave on the same IDE cable as an ATAPI master device. For
example, do not connect an ATA hard drive as a slave to an ATAPI CD-ROM drive.
For correct function of the cable:
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Attach the cable end with the single connector to the Intel desktop board (see Figure 8, A).
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Attach the cable end with the two closely spaced connectors to the drives (see Figure 8, B).
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Figure 8. Connecting the IDE Cable
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