User`s manual

Hardware Installation

IDE Connector

Important:

We do not recommend using IDE devices and CF card at the same time.

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 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.

Adding a Second IDE Disk Drive

When using two IDE drives, one must be set as the master and the other as the

slave. Follow the instructions provided by the drive manufacturer for setting the

jumpers and/or switches on the drives.

The system board supports Enhanced IDE or ATA-2 and ATA/33 hard drives. We

recommend that you use hard drives from the same manufacturer. In a few cas-

es, drives from two different manufacturers will not function properly when used

together. The problem lies in the hard drives, not the system board.