Drive Connectors; Ide Drive Connectors - Advantech AIMB-540 User Manual

The slots provide a fast high-bandwidth pathway between the mother-
board and expansion cards.
More Information: See the section "Connecting & Installing Internal
Peripherals"in Chapter 4. Technical specifications are listed in Chapter 7.
PCI Expansion Slots :All slots are Bus Master capable and PCI 2.2 com-
pliant
Figure 2.3: PCI Expansion slots

2.3.5 Drive Connectors

There are three drive connectors on the motherboard for connecting IDE
and floppy disk drives.

2.3.6 IDE Drive Connectors

Function: The two IDE connectors, marked 'Primary'and 'Secondary',
are for connecting IDE drives to the motherboard.
Description: The IDE controller on the motherboard supports IDE
devices running in all modes up through ATA-100. There are two IDE
drive connectors. Each connector supports two drives, a 'Master'and a
'Slave' which connect to the motherboard with a ribbon cable. The sup-
plied cable supports transfer modes through ATA-100.
More Information: See the section on "Connecting Internal Peripherals"
in Chapter 5 for instructions on connecting IDE drives. Technical specifi-
cations are listed in Chapter 7.
IDE Drive Connectors: The channels are labeled on the board.
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