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2.22 – Attaching Drive Cables
Attaching IDE drive cabling is simple. These cables are “keyed” to only allow them to be
connected in the correct manner. Tiger GCSL S2727 motherboard has three on-board IDE
channels and each channel can support two IDE/ATAPI drives.
The onboard three IDE connectors are designated with different colors:
The Primary IDE channel – Black color
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Supports ATA -100/66/33 IDE and ATAPI compliant devices
The Secondary IDE channel – White color
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Supports ATA -100/66/33 IDE and ATAPI compliant devices
The Tertiary IDE channel – Yellow color
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Supports ATA -66/33 IDE and ATAPI compliant devices
Attaching IDE cables to the IDE connectors is illustrated below:
Simply plug in the BLUE END of the IDE cable into the motherboard IDE connector, and the other
end(s) into the drive(s). Each standard IDE cable has three connectors, two of which are closer
together. The BLUE connector that is furthest away from the other two is the end that connects to
the motherboard. The other two connectors are used to connect to drives.
TIP: Pin 1 on the IDE cable (usually designated by a colored wire) faces the drive’s power
connector.