Ide Disk Drive Connectors - DFI NP101-D16C User Manual

IDE Disk Drive Connectors

The IDE connector is used to connect hard drives. The connector on
the IDE cable can be inserted into this connector only if pin 1 of the
cable connector is aligned with pin 1 of this connector.
The IDE connector supports 2 devices, a Master and a Slave. Use
an IDE ribbon cable to connect the drives to the system board. An
IDE ribbon cable have 3 connectors on them, one that plugs into
the IDE connector on the system board and the other 2 connects
to IDE devices. The connector at the end of the cable is for the
Master drive and the connector in the middle of the cable is for the
Slave drive.
Note:
Refer to your disk drive user's manual for information about
selecting proper drive switch settings.
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