Intel D946GZIS - Desktop Board Motherboard User Manual

Intel Desktop Board D946GZIS Product Guide
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Connecting the IDE Cable
The IDE cable can connect two drives to the desktop board. The cable supports the
ATA-66/100 transfer protocol.
Figure 18 shows the correct installation of the cable.
NOTES
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.
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 23.
• Attach the cable end with the single connector (blue) to the Intel desktop board
(
Figure 18, A).
• Attach the cable end with the two closely spaced connectors (gray and black) to
the drives (
Figure 18, B).
Figure 18. Connecting the IDE Cable

Intel D946GZIS - Desktop Board Motherboard Specifications

General

Form Factor	ATX
Chipset	Intel 946GZ
Processor Support	Intel Core 2 Duo, Pentium D, Pentium 4, Celeron D
Socket Type	LGA 775
Memory Type	DDR2
Memory Slots	4
Maximum Memory	4 GB
Expansion Slots	1 x PCIe x16, 2 x PCIe x1, 3 x PCI
Integrated Graphics	Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 3000
USB Ports	8 x USB 2.0
Video Outputs	VGA
LAN	10/100/1000 Mbps
Storage Interfaces	4 x SATA 3.0 Gb/s, 1 x PATA