Motherboard Manual
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The thin-type ribbon connector is specifically designed for use with slim floppy drives that
connect directly to the motherboard.
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The 40-pin IDE connector supports a 40-wire IDE ribbon cable. Connect the single connector
end to the motherboard. Then, connect the two connectors at the other end to your IDE
device(s). If you connect two hard disks to the same cable, you must set the second drive
as a Slave
using its jumper settings. Refer to the IDE device's documentation for the specific
jumper settings. The motherboard BIOS now supports IDE HDD or IDE CD-ROM bootup. (Pin
20 is removed to prevent the connector from being insertied in the wrong orientation when
using ribbon cables with pin 20 plugged in). The BIOS supports Ultra DMA 33/66/100/133.
IMPORTANT
Ribbon cables should always be connected with the red stripe on the Pin 1 side of the
connector. IDE ribbon cables must be less than 46 cm (18 inches) long, with the second drive
connector no more than 15 cm (6-inches) away from the first connector.
Slim-type
floppy drive
connector
IDE
connector
Pin-1
