ASRock K7VT6 User Manual - Page 15

2.6 Connectors Connectors are NOT jumpers. DO NOT place jumper caps over these connectors. Placing jumper caps over the connectors will cause permanent damage of the motherboard! FDD Connector (33-pin FLOPPY1) (see p.7 item 19) Pin1 FLOPPY1 the red-striped side to Pin1 Note: Make sure the red-striped side of the cable is plugged into Pin1 side of the connector. Primary IDE Connector (Blue) (39-pin IDE1, see p.7 item 8) Secondary IDE Connector (Black) (39-pin IDE2, see p.7 item 7) PIN1 IDE1 PIN1 IDE2 connect the blue end connect the black end to the motherboard to the IDE devices 80-conductor, ATA 66/100/133 cable 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 (SATA1: see p.7 item 12) (SATA2: see p.7 item 13) SATA1 SATA2 These two Serial ATA (SATA) connectors support SATA data cables for internal storage devices. The current SATA interface allows up to 1.5 Gb/s data transfer rate. Serial ATA (SATA) Data Cable Either end of the SATA data cable can be connected to the SATA hard disk or the SATA connector on the motherboard. 15