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Connecting the IDE Cable

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Installing and Replacing Desktop Board Components Connecting the IDE Cable The Intel® boxed desktop board package includes an IDE cable. The cable can connect two drives to the desktop board. The cable supports the ATA-66/100 transfer protocol. Figure 11 shows the correct installation of the cable. NOTE ATA-66/100 cables are backward compatible with drives using slower IDE transfer protocols. If an ATA-66/100 disk drive and a disk drive using any other IDE transfer protocol are attached to the same cable, the maximum transfer rate between the drives may be reduced to that of the slowest drive. NOTE Do not connect an ATA device as a slave on the same IDE cable as an ATAPI master device. For example, do not connect an ATA hard drive as a slave to an ATAPI CD-ROM drive. For correct function of the cable: • Observe the precautions in "Before You Begin" on page 27. • Attach the cable end with the single connector to the Intel desktop board. • Attach the cable end with the two closely spaced connectors to the drives. A A B Figure 11. Connecting the IDE Cable OM15675 39

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Installing and Replacing Desktop Board Components
39
Connecting the IDE Cable
The Intel
®
boxed desktop board package includes an IDE cable.
The cable can connect two drives
to the desktop board.
The cable supports the ATA-66/100 transfer protocol.
Figure 11 shows the
correct installation of the cable.
NOTE
ATA-66/100 cables are backward compatible with drives using slower IDE transfer protocols.
If
an ATA-66/100 disk drive and a disk drive using any other IDE transfer protocol are attached to
the same cable, the maximum transfer rate between the drives may be reduced to that of the slowest
drive.
NOTE
Do not connect an ATA device as a slave on the same IDE cable as an ATAPI master device.
For
example, do not connect an ATA hard drive as a slave to an ATAPI CD-ROM drive.
For correct function of the cable:
•
Observe the precautions in "Before You Begin" on page 27.
•
Attach the cable end with the single connector to the Intel desktop board.
•
Attach the cable end with the two closely spaced connectors to the drives.
OM15675
A
B
A
Figure 11.
Connecting the IDE Cable