Ide Disk Drive Connectors - DFI SR100-N User Manual

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Hardware Installation

IDE Disk Drive Connectors

The 40-pin IDE connector is used to connect hard drives. To prevent
improper IDE cable installation, the IDE connector has a keying
mechanism. The connector on the IDE cable can be inserted into the
connector only if pin 1 of the cable connector is aligned with pin 1
of the IDE 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 an
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.
Connecting the IDE Disk Drive Cable
Connect one end of the IDE cable into the IDE connector on the
system board and the other connectors to the IDE devices.
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Note:
Refer to your disk drive user's manual for information about
selecting proper drive switch settings.
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