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Upgrade Guide Installing IDE Hard Disks This section explains how to install IDE hard disk drives or other devices. You can connect up to four IDE devices to the onboard connectors. This section explains the information specific to this mainboard, not the basic procedure for how to install a hard disk in your system. Your system manual should have instructions specific to installing devices in your case. Note: If you already have a SCSI hard disk installed and you install an IDE drive, the IDE drive must be the "Primary Master" drive. Installing a Primary IDE Hard Disk To install a first IDE hard disk do the following: 1. Follow the instructions in your computer system manual for installing a hard drive in an empty drive bay and connecting a power cable. 2. Connect one end of the IDE ribbon cable to the drive and the other to the Primary IDE connector on the mainboard with the colored edge of the cable at the Pin 1 side of both the drive and mainboard connectors. 3. Connect the drive LED connector to the IDE activity LED connector on the mainboard. 4. Reassemble and turn on the system and run the BIOS Setup Utility 5. Use IDE HDD Auto Detection in the BIOS Setup utility to detect and enter the drive parameters for "Primary Master". Note: If the device you install is not a hard disk drive, you should leave the Standard CMOS Setup entry for "Primary Master" set to "None". 2-11

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Upgrade
Guide
Installing
IDE
Hard
Disks
This
section
explains
how
to
install
IDE
hard
disk
drives
or
other
devices.
You
can
connect
up
to
four
IDE
devices
to
the
onboard
con-
nectors.
This
section
explains
the
information
specific
to
this
mainboard,
not
the
basic
procedure
for
how
to
install
a
hard
disk
in
your
system.
Your
system
manual
should
have
instructions
specific
to
installing
devices
in
your
case.
Note:
If
you
already
have
a
SCSI
hard
disk
installed
and
you
in-
stall
an
IDE
drive,
the
IDE
drive
must
be
the
"Primary
Master"
drive.
Installing
a
Primary
IDE
Hard
Disk
To
install
a
first
IDE
hard
disk
do
the
following:
1. Follow
the
instructions
in
your
computer
system
manual
for
installing
a
hard
drive
in
an
empty
drive
bay
and
connecting
a
power
cable.
2.
Connect
one
end
of
the
IDE
ribbon
cable
to
the
drive
and
the
other
to
the
Primary
IDE
connector
on
the
mainboard
with
the
colored
edge
of
the
cable
at
the
Pin
1
side
of
both
the
drive
and
mainboard
connectors.
3.
Connect
the
drive
LED
connector
to
the
IDE
activity
LED
con-
nector
on
the
mainboard.
4.
Reassemble
and
turn
on
the
system
and
run
the
BIOS
Setup
Utility
5.
Use
IDE
HDD
Auto
Detection
in
the
BIOS
Setup
utility
to
de-
tect
and
enter
the
drive
parameters
for
"Primary
Master".
Note:
If
the
device
you
install
is
not
a
hard
disk
drive,
you
should
leave
the
Standard
CMOS
Setup
entry
for
"Primary
Master"
set
to
"None".
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