Abit AT7-MAX2, User Manual

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Installing the Motherboard
User’s Manual
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Figure 2-8. Ultra DMA 66
Ribbon Cable Outline
Note
The Master or Slave status of the hard disk drive is set on the hard disk itself. Please refer to the
hard disk drive user’s manual.
To connect Ultra DMA 100 & Ultra DMA 133 devices on IDE1 to IDE4, an Ultra DMA 66 cable
is required.
A red mark on a wire typically designates the location of pin 1. You need to align the wire pin 1 to
the IDE connector pin 1, before inserting the wire connector into the IDE connector.
HPT 374 IDE controller is designed to support high-speed and high performance mass storage
devices. Thus, we suggest that you don’t connect non-disk devices that use ATA/ATAPI
interfaces, such as a CD-ROM to HPT 374 IDE connector (IDE3 and IDE4).
(14). J1 and J2 Connectors (Serial ATA Connectors):
This motherboard provides two Serial ATA ports (J1 & J2) to connect two Serial ATA devices in Serial
ATA 150 mode by special Serial ATA ribbon cables. Each cable has 7-pin 7-conductor and two
connectors, providing one Serial ATA hard drive connection with the motherboard. Connect the single
end of the ribbon cable to the Serial ATA port on the motherboard, and the other end of the ribbon cable
to the connector on the Serial ATA hard drive.
Note
To connect Serial ATA devices on J1 and J2, a Serial ATA cable is required.