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ASUS A7V333 motherboard user guide, Primary Blue / Secondary Black IDE Connectors - raid

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9) Primary (Blue) / Secondary (Black) IDE Connectors (40-1 pin PRIMARY IDE and SECONDARY IDE) (40-1 pin PROMISE IDE1 and PROMISE2 IDE) The Primary and Secondary IDE connectors support the IDE hard disk ribbon cables supplied with the motherboard. Connect the cable's blue connector to the motherboard's primary IDE connector (recommended) or the secondary IDE connector. Connect the opposite end of the cable to your UltraDMA133/ 100/66 device (hard disk drive). If a second hard disk drive is connected, you may reset its jumper to Slave or Master/Slave mode. Non-UltraDMA133/ 100/66 devices should be connected to the secondary IDE connector. BIOS supports specific device bootup (see 4.6 Boot Menu.) UltraDMA/133 is backward compatible with DMA100/66/33 and with all with existing DMA devices and systems. ~ The A7V333 motherboard is supplied with two extra onboard IDE connectors: one Promise IDE1 and one Promise IDE2. Use them to setup the RAID 0 or 1 arrays and to support extra ATAPI devices. A total of eight hard-disks, two on each IDE connector, can be connected to the A7V333; but, only two can function in a RAID array. See 5.4 Software Setup for more information about setting up a RAID array. NOTE! For high-performance and RAID 0 or 1 set ups, always setup two hard disks with two separate ribbon cables, one for the primary IDE connector and another for the secondary IDE connector. Usually, both disks must be set to the Master settings. Also, you may install one operating system on an IDE drive and another on a SCSI drive and select the boot disk through BIOS. (See 4.6 Boot Menu.) Do not connect any other types of IDE devices to the Promise IDE connectors; they support hard disk drive devices only. IMPORTANT! UltraDMA100 and UltraDMA133 IDE devices require a 40-pin 80-conductor cable and RAID arrays only operate with such cables. NOTE: Orient the red markings(usually zigzag) on the IDE ribbon cable to PIN 1. Primary IDE Connector Secondary IDE Connector PROMISE IDE2 PROMISE IDE1 A7V333 A7V333 PROMISE IDE Connectors PIN 1 PIN 1 ASUS A7V333 motherboard user guide 33

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ASUS A7V333 motherboard user guide
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9)
Primary (Blue) / Secondary (Black) IDE Connectors
(40-1 pin PRIMARY IDE and SECONDARY IDE)
(40-1 pin PROMISE IDE1 and PROMISE2 IDE)
The Primary and Secondary IDE connectors support the IDE hard disk ribbon
cables supplied with the motherboard.
Connect the cable’s blue connector
to the motherboard’s primary IDE connector (recommended) or the secondary
IDE connector.
Connect the opposite end of the cable to your UltraDMA133/
100/66
device
(hard disk drive).
If a second hard disk drive is connected,
you may reset its jumper to Slave or Master/Slave mode. Non-UltraDMA133/
100/66 devices should be connected to the secondary IDE connector.
BIOS
supports specific device bootup (
see
4.6 Boot Menu
.)
UltraDMA/133 is
backward compatible with DMA100/66/33 and with all with existing DMA
devices and systems.
~ The A7V333 motherboard is supplied with two extra onboard IDE
connectors: one Promise IDE1 and one Promise IDE2.
Use them to setup
the RAID 0 or 1 arrays and to support extra ATAPI devices.
A total of eight
hard-disks, two on each IDE connector, can be connected to the A7V333;
but, only two can function in a RAID array.
See 5.4 Software Setup
for
more information about setting up a RAID array.
IMPORTANT!
UltraDMA100 and UltraDMA133 IDE devices require a
40-pin 80-conductor cable and RAID arrays
only operate
with such cables.
NOTE!
For high-performance and RAID 0 or 1 set ups, always setup
two hard disks with
two separate
ribbon cables, one for the primary IDE
connector and another for the secondary IDE connector.
Usually, both
disks must be set to the Master settings.
Also, you may install one
operating system on an IDE drive and another on a SCSI drive and select
the boot disk through BIOS. (
See 4.6 Boot Menu.
)
Do not connect any
other types of IDE devices to the Promise IDE connectors; they support
hard disk drive devices only.
A7V333
Secondary IDE Connector
PIN 1
Primary IDE Connector
PIN 1
PROMISE IDE1
PROMISE IDE2
NOTE:
Orient the red
markings(usually zigzag)
on the IDE ribbon
cable to PIN 1.
A7V333 PROMISE IDE Connectors