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FDC1 Connector
wires and two connectors to provide for the connection of two floppy disk drives. After
connecting the single end to the FDC1, connect the two connectors on the other end to the
floppy disk drives. In general, people only install one floppy disk drive on their computer
system.
A red mark on a wire typically designates the location of pin 1. You need to align the
wire pin 1 to the FDC1 connector pin 1, then insert the wire connector into the FDC1
connector.
IDE1 and IDE2 Connectors
some things you need to be aware of:
"Primary" refers to the first connector on the motherboard, that is, the IDE1 connector on
the motherboard.
"Secondary" refers to the second connector on the motherboard, that is, the IDE2
connector on the motherboard.
Two hard disks can be connected to each connector:
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This 34-pin connector is called the "floppy
disk drive connector". You can connect a
360K, 5.25", 1.2M, 5.25", 720K, 3.5'',
1.44M, 3.5" or 2.88M, 3.5" floppy disk
drive, you can even connect a 3 Mode
floppy disk drive (it's a 3 1/2" drive used in
Japanese computer systems).
A floppy disk drive ribbon cable has 34
Note
An IDE hard disk drive ribbon cable has 40
wires and two connectors to provide a
connection for two IDE hard disk drives.
After connecting the single end to the IDE1
(or IDE2), connect the two connectors on
the other end to the IDE hard disk drives (or
CD-ROM drive, LS-120, etc.).
Before you install a hard disk, there are
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