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26 ASUS P/I-P65UP8 User’s Manual

5. Primary/Secondary IDE Connectors (Two 40-1 pin IDE1 & IDE2)

These connectors support the provided IDE hard disk ribbon cable.

After connecting the single end to the board, connect the two plugs at the other

end to your hard disk(s). If you install two hard disks on one connector (chan-

nel), then you must configure a second drive as Slave mode by setting its jumper

according to your hard disk jumper diagram. You may also configure two hard

disks to be both Masters using one ribbon cable on the primary IDE connector

and another on the secondary IDE connector. A new BIOS feature allows SCSI

hard drive bootup (see “HDD Sequence SCSI/IDE First” in the BIOS FEA-

TURES SETUP of the BIOS software). (Pin 20 is r emoved to pr event insert-

ing in the wrong orientation when using ribbon cables with pin 20 plugged).

Primary IDE Connector

Secondary IDE Connector

IDE (Hard Disk Drive) Connectors

Orient the red stripe on the

IDE ribbon cable to Pin 1

Pin 1

6. SCSI and IDE Activity LED (2-pin HD LED)

This connector connects to the hard disk activity indicator light on the system

cabinet. Read and write activity by devices connected to the Primary or Second-

ary IDE connectors will cause the HD LED to light.

TIP: If the case-mounted LED does

not light, try reversing the 2-pin plug.

IDE Activity LED Lead

HD LED (for Adaptec and IDE)

HD LED A (for Symbios Ch A)

HD LED B (for Symbios Ch B)

III. INSTALLATION

(Connectors)

III. INSTALLATION