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Hardware Setup 2-17
(14). IDE1/IDE2 and IDE3/IDE4 Connectors
This motherboard provides two IDE ports to connect up to four IDE drives at Ultra ATA/133 mode by
Ultra ATA/66 ribbon cables. Each cable has 40-pin 80-conductor and three connectors, providing two
hard drives connection with motherboard. Connect the single end (blue connector) at the longer length of
ribbon cable to the IDE port on motherboard, and the other two ends (gray and black connector) at the
shorter length of the ribbon cable to the connectors on hard drives.
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