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important!
Contact your hard disk drive manufacturer or documentation for more informa-
tion.
Some symptoms of incorrectly installed HDDs are:
•
Hard disk drives are
not auto-detected: may be
a Master/Slave problem or
a bad IDE cable. Contact
your vendor.
•
Hard Disk Drive Fail
message at bootup: may
be a bad cable or lack of
power going to the drive.
•
No video or beeps on
bootup: usually means the
cable is on backwards.
•
Hard drive lights are
constantly on: bad IDE
cable or defective drive or
motherboard. Try another
HDD.
•
Hard drives do not
power up: check power
cables and cabling. May
also be a bad power supply or IDE drive.
Now that you have installed your IDE drives, your floppies are next.
Pin 1 on the floppy cable is usually denoted by a red or colored stripe down
one side of the cable (see Figure 6 on next page). Most of the current floppy
drives on the market require that the colored stripe be positioned so that it is
right next to the power connector. In most cases, there will be a key pin on the
cable which will force you to connect the cable properly.
Drive A: is usually attached to the end of the cable with the twist in it. Drive B:
is usually connected to the middle of the cable. Refer to your installation
instructions or call your dealer if you are unsure about attaching floppy drives.
Refer to Figure 6 for a detailed anatomy of the floppy cable. Remember, you
can only have 2 floppy drives connected at any given time.
Chapter 2
Board Installation
Figure 5
Pin 1