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Connecting the Hard Disk Cable
1.
If you are connecting two hard drives, install the 40-pin connector of
the IDE cable into the primary IDE shrouded header (connector J6).
If you are adding a third or fourth IDE device, install the 40-pin
connector of the other IDE cable into the secondary IDE shrouded
header (connector J7).
2.
Install the other 40-pin header connector(s) into the device with the
colored edge of the ribbon cable aligned with pin 1 of the drive
edge connector(s).
Note:
Refer to your disk drive user’s manual for information about selecting
proper drive switch settings.
Adding a Second IDE Hard Drive
When using two IDE drives, one must be set as the master and the
other as the slave. Follow the instructions provided by the drive manu-
facturer for setting the jumpers and/or switches on the drives. No
changes are needed on the G586IPC system board when adding a sec-
ond hard drive.
We recommend that the IDE hard drives be from the same manufac-
turer. 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 G586IPC 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.
