Asrock K7VT4A PRO User Manual

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FLOPPY1

Pin1

IDE1

PIN1

IDE2

PIN1

the red-striped side to Pin1

connect  the black end

to the IDE devices

connect the blue end

to the motherboard

80-conductor ATA 66/100/133 cable

2.6 Onboard Headers and Connectors

Onboard headers and connectors are NOT jumpers. Do NOT place

jumper caps over these headers and connectors. Placing jumper caps

over the headers and connectors will cause permanent damage of the

motherboard!

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Floppy Connector

(33-pin FLOPPY1)

(see p.7  No. 19)

Note: Make sure the red-striped side of the cable is plugged into Pin1 side of the

connector.

Primary IDE Connector (Blue)

Secondary IDE Connector (Black)

(39-pin IDE1, see p.7  No. 8)

(39-pin IDE2, see p.7  No. 7)

Note: If you use only one IDE device on this motherboard, please set the IDE

device as “Master”. Please refer to the instruction of your IDE device vendor

for the details. Besides, to optimize compatibility and performance, please

connect your hard disk drive to the primary IDE connector (IDE1, blue) and

CD-ROM to the secondary IDE connector (IDE2, black).

Serial ATA Connectors

These two Serial ATA (SATA)

(SATA1: see p.7   No. 12)

connectors support SATA data

(SATA2: see p.7  No. 13)

cables for internal storage

devices. The current SATA

interface allows up to 1.5 Gb/s

data transfer rate.

Serial ATA (SATA)

Either end of the SATA data cable

Data Cable

can be connected to the SATA

hard disk or the SATA connector

on the motherboard.

SATA2

SATA1