abit AN9 32X User Manual

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Hardware Setup
 
 
2.6 Connecting Peripheral Devices 
2.6.1 Floppy and IDE Disk Drive Connectors 
     
 
The FDC1 connector connects up to two floppy drives with a 34-wire, 2-connector floppy cable. 
Connect the single end at the longer length of ribbon cable to the FDC1 on the board, the two 
connectors on the other end to the floppy disk drives connector. Generally you need only one 
floppy disk drive in your system. 
※  The red line on the ribbon cable must be aligned with pin-1 on both the FDC1 
port and the floppy connector. 
Each of the IDE port connects up to two IDE drives 
at Ultra ATA/100 mode by one 40-pin, 80-conductor, 
and 3-connector Ultra ATA/66 ribbon cables. 
Connect the single end (blue connector) at the 
longer length of ribbon cable to the IDE port of this 
board, the other two ends (gray and black connector) 
at the shorter length of the ribbon cable to the 
connectors of your hard drives. 
※  Make sure to configure the “Master” and “Slave” relation before connecting two 
drives by one single ribbon cable. The red line on the ribbon cable must be 
aligned with pin-1 on both the IDE port and the hard-drive connector. 
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