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2.8 Connectors This section describes and illustrates the internal connectors on the motherboard. Always connect ribbon cables with the red stripe to Pin 1 on the connectors. Pin 1 is usually on the side closest to the power connector on hard drives and CD-ROM drives, but may be on the opposite side on floppy disk drives. 1. Hard disk activity LED (2-pin IDE_LED) This connector supplies power to the hard disk activity LED. The read or write activities of any device connected to the primary or secondary IDE connector cause this LED to light up. ® PR-DLSW PR-DLSW IDE Activity LED IDELED TIP: If the case-mounted LED does not light, try reversing the 2-pin plug. 2. Floppy disk drive connector (34-1 pin FLOPPY) This connector supports the provided floppy drive ribbon cable. After connecting one end to the motherboard, connect the other end to the floppy drive. (Pin 5 is removed to prevent incorrect insertion when using ribbon cables with pin 5 plug). FLOPPY ® PR-DLSW PIN 1 NOTE: Orient the red markings on the floppy ribbon cable to PIN 1. PR-DLSW Floppy Disk Drive Connector ASUS PR-DLSW motherboard user guide 2-17

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ASUS PR-DLSW motherboard user guide
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2.8
Connectors
This section describes and illustrates the internal connectors on the
motherboard.
Always connect ribbon cables with the red stripe to Pin 1 on the
connectors. Pin 1 is usually on the side closest to the power connector
on hard drives and CD-ROM drives, but may be on the opposite side
on floppy disk drives.
2.
Floppy disk drive connector (34-1 pin FLOPPY)
This connector supports the provided floppy drive ribbon cable. After
connecting one end to the motherboard, connect the other end to the
floppy drive. (Pin 5 is removed to prevent incorrect insertion when
using ribbon cables with pin 5 plug).
PR-DLSW
NOTE:
Orient the red markings on
the floppy ribbon cable to PIN 1.
PR-DLSW Floppy Disk Drive Connector
PIN 1
FLOPPY
PR-DLSW
PR-DLSW IDE Activity LED
TIP:
If the case-mounted LED does not
light, try reversing the 2-pin plug.
IDELED
1.
Hard disk activity LED (2-pin IDE_LED)
This connector supplies power to the hard disk activity LED. The read
or write activities of any device connected to the primary or secondary
IDE connector cause this LED to light up.