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Hardware Installation
IDE Disk Drive Connectors
The shrouded PCI IDE header will interface two Enhanced IDE (Inte-
grated Drive Electronics) disk drives. To prevent improper IDE cable
installation, the shrouded PCI IDE 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.
Connecting the IDE Disk Drive Cable
The IDE connector supports 2 devices, a Master and a Slave. Use
an IDE ribbon cable to connect the drives to the system board. An
IDE ribbon cable have 3 connectors on them, one that plugs into an
IDE connector on the system board and the other 2 connects to
IDE devices. The connector at the end of the cable is for the Master
drive and the connector in the middle of the cable is for the Slave
drive.
Install one end of the IDE cable into the IDE header (J5) on the
system board and the other connectors to the IDE devices.
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