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Chapter 2 Installation Instructions

865G/GV/PE7MC User Manual

Other Connectors

This motherboard includes connectors for FDD, IDE HDD, Serial ATA, USB,

IR module, and others.

FDD Connector: FLOPPY

This motherboard includes a standard FDD connector, supporting 360K, 720K, 1.

2M, 1.44M, and 2.88M FDDs.

HDD Connectors: PIDE & SIDE

These connectors support the provided Ultra DMA 100/66/33 IDE hard disk

ribbon cable. Connect the cable’s blue connector to the primary (recommended)

or secondary IDE connector, then connect the gray connector to the Ultra DMA

100/66/33 slave device (hard disk drive) and the black connector to the Ultra

DMA 100/66/33 master device. If you install two hard disks, you must configure

the second drive as a slave device by setting its jumper accordingly. Refer to

the hard disk documentation for the jumper settings.

Attention:

Ribbon cables are directional, therefore, make sure to always con-

nect with the cable on the same side as pin 1 of the PIDE/SIDE or

FDD connector on the motherboard.

Front Panel Connector: FP1

This motherboard includes one connector for connect-

ing the front panel switch and LED indicators.

FP1

IDE_LED

RESET

PLED

PWRBTN#

IDE LED Connector (IDE_LED)

The connector connects to the case’s IDE indicator LED indicating the activity

status of hard disks.

GND

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