Connectors - ASROCK K7S8XE User Manual

2.8 Connectors

Connectors are NOT jumpers. DO NOT place jumper caps over
these connectors. Placing jumper caps over the connectors will
cause permanent damage of the motherboard!
FDD Connector
(33-pin FLOPPY1)
(see p.7 item 16)
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 item 8)
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
(SATA1: see p.7 item 14)
(SATA2: see p.7 item 15)
Serial ATA (SATA)
Data Cable
FLOPPY1
Pin1
IDE1
80-conductor ATA 66/100/133 cable
SATA1
the red-striped side to Pin1
Secondary IDE Connector (Black)
(39-pin IDE2, see p.7 item 7)
IDE2
PIN1
connect the black end
to the IDE devices
These two Serial ATA (SATA)
connectors support SATA data
SATA2 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.