Specifications

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2.6 Hard Disk Connectors: IDE1 & IDE2

The mainboard has a 32-bit Enhanced PCI IDE Controller that provides PIO

mode 0~4, Bus Master, and Ultra DMA/33 function. It has two HDD

connectors IDE1 (primary) and IDE2 (secondary). You can connect up to

four hard disk drives, CD-ROM, 120MB Floppy (reserved for future BIOS)

and other devices to IDE1 and IDE2. These connectors support the

provided IDE hard disk cable.

IDE1(Primary IDE Connector)

The first hard drive should always be connected to IDE1. IDE1 can

connect a Master and a Slave drive. You must configure second hard

drive to Slave mode by setting the jumper accordingly.

IDE2(Secondary IDE Connector)

IDE2 can also connect a Master and a Slave drive.

Primary IDE Connector

Secondary IDE Connector