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Internal Peripherals Connectors
Enhanced IDE and Floppy Connectors
The mainboard features two 40-pin dual-channel IDE device connectors (IDE1/
IDE2) providing support for up to four IDE devices, such as CD-ROM and Hard
Disk Drives (H.D.D.). This mainboard also includes one 34-pin floppy disk con-
troller (FDC) to accommodate the Floppy Disk Drive (FDD). Moreover, this
mainboard comes with one 80-pin ATA 133/100/66/33 ribbon cable to con-
nect to IDE H.D.D. and one 34-pin ribbon cable for F.D.D. connection.
Serial ATA Connectors (SATA1 - Serial ATA1/Serial ATA2)
The Serial ATA is an evolutionary replacement for the Parallel ATA physical
storage interface. Serial ATA is scalable and will allow future enhancements
to the computing platform. The Serial ATA supports all ATA and ATAPI
device, including CDs, DVDs, tape devices, high capacity removable de-
vices, zip drivers, and CDRWs. The Serial ATA interface supports data trans-
fer rates up to 150MB/s.
D1
Important : Ribbon cables are directional, therefore, make sure to always
connect with the red cable stripe on the same side as pin #1 of
the IDE1/IDE2 or FDC connector on the mainboard.
1
IDE1
1
IDE2
1
FLP1
D2
Serial ATA
ATA1
ATA2
