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F
Internal Peripherals Connectors
Enhanced IDE and Floppy Connectors
The mainboard features two 40-pin dual-channel IDE device connectors (IDE1/
IDE2) providing support for up to four IDE devices, such as CD-ROM and Hard
Disk Drives (H.D.D.). This mainboard also includes one 34-pin floppy disk con-
troller (FDC) to accommodate the Floppy Disk Drive (FDD1). Moreover, this
mainboard comes with one 80-pin ATA 133/100/66/33 ribbon cable to con-
nect to IDE H.D.D. and one 34-pin ribbon cable for F.D.D. connection.
Serial ATA Connectors (ATA1/ATA2)
The Serial ATA is an evolutionary re-
placement for the Parallel ATA physi-
cal storage interface. Serial ATA is scal-
able and will allow future enhance-
ments to the computing platform. The
Serial ATA supports all ATA and ATAPI
device, including CDs, DVDs, tape de-
vices, high capacity removable de-
vices, zip drivers, and CDRWs. The
Serial ATA interface supports data trans-
fer rates up to 150MB/s.
D1
Important : Ribbon cables are directional, therefore, make sure to always
connect with the red cable stripe on the same side as pin #1 of
the IDE1/IDE2 or FDC connector on the mainboard.
D2
1
IDE1
1
IDE2
FL
P1
1
ATA1
ATA2