Installation Guide

ASUS Motherboard installation guide
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Notes for installing PATA hard disk drive
• The cable connector is color‑
coded. The blue one is for the host
connector,andtheblack/grayone
isfortheprimary/secondarydisk
drive.
• TherearetwocablesforATAIDE
disk drives, the newer 80‑wire
(right) and the older 40‑wire (left)
cables. For ATA66/100/133 disk
drives,onlythe80-wirecablecan
offer a better perfermance. The
40-wirecablesareusuallyforthe
optical drives.
• The cables are designed with pull
tabs.Justeasilyinstallthedisk
drives based on the cable labels.
To prevent damaging the pins,
disconnectthecablebypullingthe
the cable tabs.
• Ifyouroperatingsystemisinstalled
totheharddiskdrivecontrolledby
theRAIDorothercontrollers,you
have to install the controller driver
totheharddiskrst.
• WhenconnectingtwoIDEdevices,
youhavetosetthejumpersto
different position, one in master
andoneinslave.Ifyouareusing
80-wirecable,youcanusethe
cableselectstyle.