ASROCK 939A8X-M, Installation Manual

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ASRock 939A8X-M Motherboard
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Connectors are NOT jumpers. DO NOT place jumper caps over these
connectors. Placing jumper caps over the connectors will cause perma-
nent damage of the motherboard!
Connector Figure Description
FDD Connector
(33-pin FLOPPY1)
(see p.2 item 4)
Note: Make sure the red-striped side of the cable is plugged into Pin1 side of the
connector.
Primary IDE Connector (Blue) Secondary IDE Connector (Black)
(39-pin IDE1, see p.2 item 9) (39-pin IDE2, see p.2 item 8)
80-conductor, ATA 66/100/133 cable
Note: If you use only one IDE device on this motherboard, please set the IDE
device as “Master”. Please refer to the instruction of your IDE device
vendor for the details. Besides, to optimize compatibility and performance,
please connect your hard disk drive to the primary IDE connector (IDE1,
blue) and CD-ROM to the secondary IDE connector (IDE2, black).
Serial ATA Connectors These two Serial ATA (SATA)
(SATA1: see p.2 item 16)
connectors support SATA data
(SATA2: see p.2 item 17)
cables for internal storage
devices. The current SATA
interface allows up to 1.5 Gb/s
data transfer rate.
Serial ATA (SATA) Either end of the SATA data
Data Cable cable can be connected to the
SATA hard disk or the SATA
connector on the motherboard.
connect the black end
to the IDE devices
connect the blue end
to the motherboard
the red-striped side to Pin1
SATA1
SATA2