Intel D850MD Product Guide - Page 36
Connecting the IDE Cable
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Intel Desktop Boards D850MD and D850MV Product Guide Connecting the IDE Cable The Intel® boxed desktop board package includes two IDE cables. Both are capable of connecting two drives to the desktop board. The 40-contact cable supports the Ultra DMA-33 transfer protocol. The 40-contact, 80-conductor cable supports ATA-66 and ATA-100 transfer protocols and is backward compatible with drives using slower IDE transfer protocols. ✏ NOTE ATA-66/100 compatible 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: • Attach the cable end with the single connector to the board (see Figure 18, A). • Attach the cable end with the two closely spaced connectors to the drives (see Figure 18, B). B A OM11835 Figure 18. Connecting the IDE Cable 36