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Connecting the Parallel Printer Port
Attach the DB-25S printer port cable, which came with the system
board, to connector J7 on the G586IPB/E system board. Make sure the
colored stripe on the ribbon cable aligns with pin 1 of connector J7. Use
a small nutdriver to mount the cable into a DB-25 cutout in the system
chassis.
Floppy Disk Drive Controller
The G586IPB/E system board has a built-in floppy disk controller that
supports two standard floppy disk drives. You can install any 360KB,
720KB, 1.2MB or 1.44MB floppy disk drives.
Connecting the Floppy Disk Cable
1. Install the 34-pin header connector into the floppy disk connector
(J6) on the system board. The colored edge of the ribbon should be
aligned with pin 1 of connector J6.
2. Install the other 34-pin header connector(s) into the disk drive(s).
Align the colored edge of the daisy chained ribbon cable with pin 1
of the drive edge connector(s). The end-most connector should be
attached to the drive you want to designate as Drive A.
IDE Hard Disk Interface
The G586IPB/E system board is equipped with two PCI IDE shrouded
headers that will interface four IDE (Integrated Drive Electronics) hard
disk drives.
Note:
Only IDE hard drives or ATAPI CD-ROMs can be connected to the IDE
interface.
Connecting the IDE Hard Disk Interface
To prevent improper IDE cable installation, each PCI IDE shrouded
header has a keying mechanism. The 40-pin connector on the IDE
cable can be placed into the header only if pin 1 of the connector is
aligned with pin 1 of the header.
