Hardware Setup 2-15(7). Floppy and IDE Disk Drive ConnectorsThe FDC1 connector connects up to two floppy drives with a 34-wire, 2-connector floppy cable. Connectthe single end at the longer length of ribbon cable to the FDC1 on the board, the two connectors on theother end to the floppy disk drives connector. Generally you need only one floppy disk drive in yoursystem.NOTE: The red line on the ribbon cable must be aligned with pin-1 on both the FDC1 port and the floppyconnector.Each of the IDE port connects up to two IDE drives atUltra ATA/100 mode by one 40-pin, 80-conductor, and3-connector Ultra ATA/66 ribbon cables.Connect the single end (blue connector) at the longerlength of ribbon cable to the IDE port of this board, theother two ends (gray and black connector) at the shorterlength of the ribbon cable to the connectors of your harddrives.NOTE: Make sure to configure the ìMasterî and ìSlaveî relation before connecting two drives by onesingle ribbon cable. The red line on the ribbon cable must be aligned with pin-1 on both the IDE port andthe hard-drive connector.Userís Manual
