PX865PEC PRO
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Connectors
Floppy Disk Connector: FDC
This mainboard provides a standard floppy disk connector (FDC) that supports 360K, 720K, 1.2M,
1.44M and 2.88M floppy diskettes. This connector supports the floppy drive ribbon cables provided
in the packaging.
Hard Disk Connectors: IDE1-2/ SATA1-2
This mainboard has a 32-bit Enhanced PCI IDE Controller that supports PIO Mode 0~4, Bus Master,
Ultra ATA 33/ 66/ 100. It has two IDE connectors, IDE1 (primary) and IDE2 (secondary). This
mainboard also provides two serial ATA connectors that support serial ATA150.
IDE1 (Primary IDE Connector)
You can connect up to two hard drives to IDE1. If you attach two drives, you must use a ribbon cable
with three connectors. You must also configure one drive as the master and one drive as the slave,
using the jumpers located on each drive.
IDE2 (Secondary IDE Connector)
The IDE2 controller can also support a Master and a Slave drive. The configuration is similar to
IDE1. The second drive on this controller must be set to slave mode.
SATA1/ SATA2
The SATA connectors support Serial ATA 150. The connectors only can connect one serial ATA
hard disk device each.
