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We recommend that you use Enhanced IDE hard drives from the same
manufacturer. In a few cases, drives from two different manufacturers
will not function properly when used together. The problem lies in the
hard drives, not the 586IHX system board.
Preparing an IDE Drive for Use
IDE disk drives are already low-level formatted, with any bad-track er-
rors entered, when shipped by the drive manufacturer. Do not attempt
to do a low-level format or you may cause serious damage to the drive.
To use an IDE drive, you need to enter the drive type (this information
is provided by the drive manufacturer) into the system’s CMOS setup
table. Then run FDISK and FORMAT provided with DOS. You may also
use the IDE HDD Auto Detection function which will allow the BIOS to
auto detect your hard drive type. Refer to the IDE HDD Auto Detection
section for details.
Warning:
Do not run FDISK and FORMAT programs on a drive that has already
been formatted or you will lose all programs and data stored on the
drive.
Universal Serial Bus Connectors
The 586IHX system board is equipped with two USB connectors, at
locations J3 and J4 on the system board, for external USB ports. USB
allows data exchange between your computer and a wide range of si-
multaneously accessible peripherals.
Connecting the USB Ports
As an option, one card-edge bracket mounted with two USB port cables
may be provided with the system board. The ends of the cables are
attached to a connector. Mount the card-edge bracket to the system
chassis.
