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Chapter 2: Motherboard Installation
Master device connects to the end of the cable.
Install the device(s) and connect power from the system power
supply. Use the cable provided to connect the device(s) to the
Primary IDE channel connector IDE1 on the mainboard.
If you want to install more IDE devices, you can purchase a
second IDE cable and connect one or two devices to the Second-
ary IDE channel connector IDE2 on the mainboard. If you have
two devices on the cable, one must be Master and one must be
Slave.
Serial ATA Devices
The Serial ATA (Advanced Technology Attachment) is the
standard interface for the IDE hard drives, which is designed to
overcome the design limitations while enabling the storage inter-
face to scale with the growing media rate demands of PC plat-
forms. It provides you a faster transfer rate of 150 Mbytes/
second. If you have installed a Serial ATA hard drive, you can
connect the Serial ATA cables to the Serial ATA hard drive or the
connecter on the mainboard.
On the mainboard, locate the Serial ATA connectors SATA1/2,
which support new Serial ATA devices for the highest data
transfer rates, simpler disk drive cabling and easier PC assembly.
It eliminates limitations of the current Parallel ATA interface, but
maintains register compatibility and software compatibility with
Parallel ATA.
