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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 G686IPA system board is equipped with two USB connectors on
locations J8 and J9 on the system board. USB allows data exchange
between your computer and a wide range of simultaneously accessible
peripherals.
Connecting the USB Ports
One optional card-edge bracket mounted with two USB port cables are
provided with the system board. Connect the upper USB port cable to
connector J8 and the lower USB port cable to connector J9 on the sys-
tem board. Make sure the red wire of the USB cables is aligned with pin
1 of connectors J8 and J9. Mount the card-edge bracket to the system
chassis.
Note:
Make sure to enable “USB Controller” in the Integrated Peripherals
setup of the Award BIOS utility.
