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III. HARDWARE SETUP 11. Primary / Secondary IDE connectors (Two 40-1 pin block) These connectors support the provided IDE hard disk ribbon cable. After 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 on the same channel, you must set the second drive to Slave mode. Refer to the documentation of your hard disk for the jumper settings. BIOS now supports SCSI device or IDE CD-ROM bootup (see HDD Sequence SCSI/IDE First & Boot Sequence in BIOS Features Setup of the BIOS SOFTWARE) (Pin 20 is removed to prevent inserting in the wrong orientation when using ribbon cables with pin 20 plugged). Secondary IDE Connector PIN 1 Primary IDE Connector NOTE: Orient the red markings on the IDE ribbon cable to PIN 1 P5-99VM IDE Connectors TIP: You may configure two hard disks to be both Master drives using one ribbon cable on the primary IDE connector and another ribbon cable on the secondary IDE connector. You may install one operating system on an IDE drive and another on a SCSI drive and select the boot disk through the BIOS features Setup. 01 III. H/W SETUP Connectors ASUS P5-99VM User's Manual 29

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ASUS P5-99VM User’s Manual
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III. HARDWARE SETUP
11.
Primary / Secondary IDE connectors
(Two 40-1 pin block)
These connectors support the provided IDE hard disk ribbon cable. After con-
necting 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 on the same channel, you must
set the second drive to Slave mode. Refer to the documentation of your hard
disk for the jumper settings. BIOS now supports SCSI device or IDE CD-ROM
bootup (see
HDD Sequence SCSI/IDE First
&
Boot Sequence
in
BIOS Fea-
tures Setup
of the BIOS SOFTWARE)
(Pin 20 is removed to prevent insert-
ing in the wrong orientation when using ribbon cables with pin 20 plugged).
P5-99VM IDE Connectors
NOTE:
Orient the red
markings on the IDE
ribbon cable to
PIN 1
Primary IDE Connector
Secondary IDE Connector
0
1
PIN 1
TIP:
You may configure two hard disks to be both Master drives using one ribbon
cable on the primary IDE connector and another ribbon cable on the secondary
IDE connector. You may install one operating system on an IDE drive and an-
other on a SCSI drive and select the boot disk through the BIOS features Setup.
Connectors
III. H/W SETUP