Abit AH6, User Manual

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G en eral D iscu ssion abou t H D D In stallation
B -5
Installing three H D D s:
The red line on the connection cable m us t be lined up w ith pin 1 on the connector.
M etho d 1: S et the hard disk drive used fo r bo o t up at M aster, set the
seco nd drive at S lave. C o nnect o ne co nnecto r o f the 40-pin
cable to the first drive, ano ther co nnecto r to the seco nd
drive, and the o ther end o f the cable to co nnecto r ID E 1 o n
the mainbo ard.
S et the o ther (the third) drive at M aster, and co nnect o ne
end o f the 40-pin cable to the drive, and the o ther end to
co nnecto r ID E 2 o n the mainbo ard.
M etho d 2: S et the hard disk drive used fo r bo o t up at M aster, and
co nnect o ne end o f the 40-pin cable to the drive and the
o ther end to co nnecto r ID E 1 o n the mainbo ard. S et
ano ther drive (the seco nd drive) at M aster and the third
drive at S lave, co nnect o ne co nnecto r o f the 40-pin cable
to the seco nd drive, ano ther co nnecto r to the third drive,
and the o ther end o f the cable to co nnecto r ID E 2 o n the
mainbo ard.
Installing three HDDs + one CD-ROM drive:
The red line on the connection cable m us t be lined up with pin 1 on the connector.
S et the hard disk drive used fo r bo o t up at M aster, set ano ther H D D
(the seco nd) at S lave, co nnect o ne co nnecto r o f the 40-pin cable to the
first drive, ano ther co nnecto r to the seco nd drive, and the o ther end o f
the cable to co nnecto r ID E 1 o n the mainbo ard.
S et the third hard disk drive at M aster, set the C D -R O M drive at
S lave, co nnect o ne co nnecto r o f the 40-pin cable to the third H D D ,
ano ther co nnecto r to the C D -R O M drive, and the o ther end o f the
cable to co nnecto r ID E 2 o n the mainbo ard.
BIOS Setup:
♦
If all yo ur H D D s are new , yo u can use the
IDE HDD Auto Detection
o ptio n in the C M O S to auto detect the parameters o f all yo ur drives.
Y o u do n’t need to set any hard disk parameter
.
♦ If o ne o r several o f yo ur H D D s are o ld, and if yo u do n’t kno w their
parameters, and yo u w ant to reco nfigure yo ur drives, yo u can also use
the
IDE HDD Auto Detection
o ptio n in the C M O S to auto detect the
drives parameters
.