CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION
2.10 Hard Disk Connector: IDE1 & IDE2
The system board has a 32-bit Enhanced PCI IDE Controller that provide PIO
mode 4 Ultra DMA33 speed. It has two HDD connectors IDE1 (primary) and
IDE2 (secondary). You can connect up to four hard disk drives, CD-ROM,
120MB Floopy (reserved for future BIOS) and other devices to IDE1 and
IDE2.
Primary IDE Connector
Secondary IDE Connector
IDE1(primary IDE connector)
The first hard disk should always be connected to IDE1. IDE1 can
connect a Master and a Slave drive.
IDE2(secondary IDE connector)
IDE2 can also connect a Master and a Slave drive.
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SIMM1
SIMM2
SIMM3
SIMM4
DIMM1
DIMM2