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2.20 – Attaching Drive Cables
IDE Drives
Attaching IDE drive cabling is simple. These cables are “keyed” to only allow them to be connected
in the correct manner. Tyan motherboards have two on-board IDE channels, each supporting two
drives.
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.
Note: Always remember to properly set the drive jumpers. If only using one device on a channel, it
must be set as Master for the BIOS to detect it.
TIP: Pin 1 on the IDE cable (usually designated by a colored wire) faces the drive’s power
connector.
SATA Drivers
The Tomcat K8S may be also equipped with 4 Serial ATA (SATA) channels.
Connections for these drives are also very simple.
There is no need to set Master/Slave jumpers on SATA drives.
Tyan has supplied two SATA cables and one SATA power adapter for boards equipped with
SATA" since this is a BOM option. If you are in need of other cables or power adapters please
contact your place of purchase.
The following picture illustrates how to connect a SATA drive
1.
SATA drive cable
connection
2.
SATA drive power
connection
3.
SATA cable motherboard
connector
4.
SATA drive power adapter
