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Hardware Installation
2.10.4 Floppy Disk Drive Connector
The system board is equipped with a shrouded floppy disk drive
connector that supports two standard floppy disk drives. To prevent
improper floppy cable installation, the shrouded floppy disk header
has a keying mechanism. The 34-pin connector on the floppy cable
can be placed into the header only if pin 1 of the connector is
aligned with pin 1 of the header. You may enable or disable this
function in the Integrated Peripherals submenu of the BIOS.
Connecting the Floppy Disk Drive Cable
1. Install the 34-pin header
connector of the floppy
disk drive cable into the
shrouded floppy disk
header on the system
board. The colored edge
of the ribbon should be
aligned with pin 1 of the
FDD connector on the
system board.
2. Install the other 34-pin
header connector(s) into
the disk drive(s). Align the colored edge of the daisy chained
ribbon cable with pin 1 of the drive edge connector(s). The end-
most connector should be attached to the drive you want to
designate as Drive A.
Setting
Normal
ECP
(Extended Capabilities Port)
EPP
(Enhanced Parallel Port)
Function
Allows normal speed operation but
in one direction only.
Allows parallel port to operate in
bidirectional mode and at a speed
faster than the SPPs data transfer
rate.
Allows bidirectional parallel port op-
eration at maximum speed.
