
ASUS Prodigy P4BGL-ED Motherboard
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Connectors
This section describes and illustrates the connectors on the motherboard.
1.
IDE connectors (40-1 pin PRI_IDE1, SEC_IDE1)
This connector supports the provided UltraDMA/133/100/66 IDE hard
disk ribbon cable. Connect the cable’s blue connector to the primary
(recommended) or secondary IDE connector, then connect the gray
connector to the UltraDMA/133/100/66 slave device (hard disk drive)
and the black connector to the UltraDMA/133/100/66 master device.
It is recommended that you connect non-UltraDMA/133/100/66
devices to the secondary IDE connector. If you install two hard disks,
you must configure the second drive as a slave device by setting its
jumper accordingly. Refer to the hard disk documentation for the
jumper settings. BIOS supports specific device bootup. If you have
more than two UltraDMA/133/100/66 devices, purchase another
UltraDMA/133/100/66 cable. You may configure two hard disks to be
both master devices with two ribbon cables – one for the primary IDE
connector and another for the secondary IDE connector.
P4BGL-ED
P4BGL-ED IDE Connectors
NOTE: Orient the red markings
(usually zigzag) on the IDE
ribbon cable to PIN 1.
IDE2
PIN 1
IDE1
Pin 20 on each IDE connector is removed to match the covered hole
on the UltraDMA cable connector. This prevents incorrect orientation
when you connect the cables.
For UltraDMA/133/100/66 IDE devices, use an 80-conductor IDE
cable.