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Hardware Installation

COM 2

COM 1

IDE Connector

The IDE connector is used to connect hard drives. The connector on the IDE

cable can be inserted into this connector only if pin 1 of the cable is aligned with

pin 1 of this connector.

The IDE connector supports 2 devices, a Master and a Slave. Use an IDE ribbon

cable to connect the drives to the system board. An IDE ribbon cable has 3 con-

nectors on them, one that plugs into the IDE connector on the system board and

the other 2 connects to IDE devices. The connector at the end of the cable is for

the Master drive and the connector in the middle of the cable is for the Slave

drive.

Note:

Refer to your disk drive user’s manual for information about selecting

proper drive switch settings.

Adding a Second IDE Disk Drive

When using two IDE drives, one must be set as the master and the other as the

slave. Follow the instructions provided by the drive manufacturer for setting the

jumpers and/or switches on the drives.

The system board supports Enhanced IDE or ATA-2, ATA/33, ATA/66, ATA/100

and ATA/133 hard drives. We recommend that you use hard drives from the

same manufacturer. In a few cases, drives from two different manufacturers will

not function properly when used together. The problem lies in the hard drives,

not the system board.

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DFI SB600-C User Manual Page 54