Datasheet

Chapter 5: Advanced Motherboard Setup
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5-12 Parallel Port, Floppy and Hard Drive Connections
Use the following information to connect the floppy and hard disk drive cables.
• The floppy disk drive cable has seven twisted wires.
• A red mark on a wire typically designates the location of pin 1.
• A single floppy disk drive ribbon cable has 34 wires and two connectors to
provide for two floppy disk drives. The connector with twisted wires always
connects to drive A, and the connector that does not have twisted wires
always connects to drive B.
• The 80-wire ATA100/66 IDE hard disk drive cable that came with your system
has two connectors to support two drives. This special cable should be used
to take advantage of the speed this new technology offers. The blue connector
connects to the onboard IDE connector interface and the other connector(s)
to your hard drive(s). Consult the documentation that came with your disk
drive for details on actual jumper locations and settings for the hard disk drive.
Parallel Port Connector
The parallel port is located on J8.
See the table on the right for pin
definitions.
Pin Number Function
1 Strobe-
3 Data Bit 0
5 Data Bit 1
7 Data Bit 2
9 Data Bit 3
11 Data Bit 4
13 Data Bit 5
15 Data Bit 6
17 Data Bit 7
19 ACK
21 BUSY
23 PE
25 SLCT
Pin Number Function
2 Auto Feed-
4 Error-
6 Init-
8 SLCT IN-
10 GND
12 GND
14 GND
16 GND
18 GND
20 GND
22 GND
24 GND
26 NC
Parallel (Printer) Port Pin Definitions
(J8)