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III. INSTALLATION 7. Primary / Secondary IDE connectors (Two 40-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, 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 SCSI device or IDE CD-ROM bootup (see "HDD Sequence SCSI/IDE First" & "Boot Sequence" in the 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). TIP: You may configure two hard disks to be both Masters 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 BIOS Features Setup. Pin 1 Connect the Red stripe to Pin 1 III. INSTALLATION (Connectors) R R Secondary IDE Connector Primary IDE Connector IDE (Hard Drive) Connectors 8. IDE activity LED (IDE LED) This connector supplies power to the cabinet's IDE activity LED. Read and write activity by devices connected to the Primary or Secondary IDE connectors will cause the LED to light up. TIP: If the case-mounted LED does not light, try reversing the 2-Pin plug. Hard Drive LED Lead IDE LED + ASUS TX97 User's Manual 27

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ASUS TX97 User’s Manual
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III. INSTALLATION
(Connectors)
III.
INSTALLATION
7.
Primary / Secondary IDE connectors
(Two 40-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, you must configure the second
drive to Slave mode by setting its jumper accordingly.
Please refer to the docu-
mentation 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 the
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).
TIP:
You may configure two hard disks to be both Masters 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 BIOS Features Setup.
Primary IDE Connector
Pin 1
Secondary IDE Connector
Connect the Red stripe to Pin 1
IDE (Hard Drive) Connectors
8.
IDE activity LED (IDE LED)
This connector supplies power to the cabinet’s IDE activity LED.
Read and
write activity by devices connected to the Primary or Secondary IDE connectors
will cause the LED to light up.
TIP:
If the case-mounted LED does not light,
try reversing the 2-Pin plug.
Hard Drive LED Lead
IDE LED
+