User's Manual

30 ASUS A7V-E User’s Manual

Connectors

3. H/W SETUP

3. HARDWARE SETUP

9) Primary (Blue) / Secondary IDE Connectors (40-1 pin IDE1/IDE2)

These connectors support the provided UltraDMA/100 IDE hard disk ribbon

cable. Connect the cable’s blue connector to the motherboard’s primary (rec-

ommended) or secondary IDE connector, and then connect the gray connector

to your UltraDMA/100 slave device (hard disk drive) and the black connector to

your UltraDMA/100 master device. It is recommended that non-UltraDMA/100

devices be connected to the secondary IDE connector. If you install two hard

disks, you must configure the second drive to Slave mode by setting its jumper

accordingly. Refer to your hard disk documentation for the jumper settings. BIOS

now supports specific device bootup (see 4.4.1 Advanced CMOS Setup). (Pin

20 is removed to prevent inserting in the wrong orientation when using

ribbon cables with pin 20 plugged). If you have more than two UltraDMA/100

devices, you will need to purchase another UltraDMA/100 cable.

NOTE: The hole near the blue connector on the UltraDMA/100 cable is intentional.

TIP: You may configure two hard disks to be both Masters with two ribbon

cables – one for the primary IDE connector and another for the secondary IDE

connector. You may install one operating system on an IDE drive and another on

a SCSI drive and select the boot disk through 4.4.1 Advanced CMOS Setup.

10) Floppy Disk Drive Connector (34-1 pin FLOPPY)

This connector supports the provided floppy drive ribbon cable. After connect-

ing the single end to the board, connect the two plugs on the other end to the

floppy drives. (Pin 5 is removed to prevent inserting in the wrong orienta-

tion when using ribbon cables with pin 5 plugged).

NOTE: Orient the red markings on

the floppy ribbon cable to PIN 1.

A7V-E Floppy Disk Drive Connector

PIN 1

FLOPPY

0 1

A7V-E

0 1

A7V-E

A7V-E IDE Connectors

NOTE: Orient the red markings

(usually zigzag) on the IDE

ribbon cable to PIN 1.

Primary IDE Connector

Secondary IDE Connector

PIN 1