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Chapter 2: Installation
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2-8 Floppy/Hard Disk Drive, Parallel Port, and IPMI
Connections
(*Parallel Port: X5DPA-G, IPMI: X5DPA-GG)
Note the following when connecting the floppy and hard disk drive cables:
• The floppy disk drive cable has seven twisted wires.
• A red mark on a wire typically designates the location of pin 1.
• A single floppy disk drive ribbon cable has 34 wires and two connectors to
provide for two floppy disk drives. The connector with twisted wires always
connects to drive A, and the connector that does not have twisted wires
always connects to drive B.
Parallel Port Connector
(*X5PDA-G only)
J7 is designated as the parallel
(printer) port connector for the
X5DPA-G motherboard. See the
table on the right for pin defini-
tions.
Pin Number Function
1 Strobe-
3 Data Bit 0
5 Data Bit 1
7 Data Bit 2
9 Data Bit 3
11 Data Bit 4
13 Data Bit 5
15 Data Bit 6
17 Data Bit 7
19 ACK
21 BUSY
23 PE
25 SLCT
Pin Number Function
2 Auto Feed-
4 Error-
6 Init-
8 SLCT IN-
10 GND
12 GND
14 GND
16 GND
18 GND
20 GND
22 GND
24 GND
26 NC
Parallel (Printer) Port Pin Definitions
(J7)
IPMI (*X5PDA-GG only)
J22 is designated as the IPMI
Socket for the X5DPA-GG Mother-
board.