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Hardware Installation

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Hardware Installation

3. Primary / Secondary IDE connectors (Two 40-pin IDE)

These connectors support the provided IDE hard disk ribbon cable. Afte

connecting the single end to the board, connect the two plugs at the other end to

your hard disk(s). If you install two hard disks in the same cable, you must

configure the second drive to Slave mode by setting its jumper accordingly. Please

refer to the documentation of your hard disk for the jumper settings. BIOS now

supports IDE HDD or IDE CD-ROM bootup (see Advanced BIOS Features in

BIOS Setup) (Pin 20 is removed to prevent inserting in the wrong orientation when

using ribbon cables with pin 20 plugged).

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PIN 1