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Motherboard Description
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1.3.3 Hard Disk Connectors: IDE1/IDE2
The motherboard has a 32-bit Enhanced, PCI IDE Controller that provides PIO
Mode 0~4, and Ultra DMA 33/ 66/ 100 functionality. It has two HDD connectors
IDE1 (primary) and IDE2 (secondary). You can connect up to four hard disk
drives, a CD-ROM, a 120MB Floppy (reserved for future BIOS) and other
devices to IDE1 and IDE2. These connectors support the IDE hard disk cable
provided.
IDE1 (Primary IDE Connector)
The first hard drive should always be connected to IDE1. IDE1 can connect a
Master and a Slave drive. You must configure the second hard drive on IDE1 to
Slave mode by setting the jumper accordingly.
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.
1.3.4 Floppy Disk Connector: FDD1
The motherboard provides a standard floppy disk connector (FDD) that supports
360K, 720K, 1.2M, 1.44M and 2.88M floppy disk types. This connector supports
the provided floppy drive ribbon cables.