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Connecting the IDE Cable
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Intel Desktop Boards D865GRH Product Guide Connecting the IDE Cable The two IDE cables support the Ultra DMA-33 and ATA-66/100 transfer protocols. Each of the cables can connect two drives to the desktop board. Figure 11 shows the correct installation of the cable. 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: • Observe the precautions in "Before You Begin" on page 25. • Attach the cable end with the single connector to the Intel desktop board (A). • Attach the cable end with the two closely spaced connectors to the drives (B). OM15238 A B Figure 11. Connecting the IDE Cable OM16336 36