DFI 586ITBD, User Manual

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586ITBD System Board User’s Manual
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Universal Serial Bus Ports
The system board is equipped with two connectors, at locations
J9 and J10 on the system board, for external USB ports. USB
allows data exchange between your computer and a wide range
of simultaneously accessible external Plug and Play peripherals.
You must have the proper drivers installed in your operating system
to use these ports. Refer to your operating system’s manual or
documentation.
Important:
If you encountered problems while using an ATAPI CD-ROM
drive that is set in Master mode, please set the CD-ROM drive
to Slave mode. Some ATAPI CD-ROMs may not be recognized
and cannot be used if incorrectly set in Master mode.
Preparing an IDE Drive for Use
IDE disk drives are already low-level formatted, with any bad-track
errors 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
your operating system. You may also use the “IDE HDD Auto
Detection” function which will allow the BIOS to auto detect your
hard drive type. Refer to Chapter 3 - IDE HDD Auto Detection
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.