Acer POWER 8400 Personal Computer User Manual


 
Chapter 2
System Board Information
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Hard Disk Support
The board comes with an enhanced PCI IDE controller that
supports PIO mode 4 and Ultra DMA (Direct Memory Access)
mode data transfers. Two PCI IDE interfaces are mounted on
the board to enable the system to support a maximum of four
IDE hard disks, or any other IDE devices. See “Jumpers and
Connectors” on page 27 for the location of the IDE interfaces.
Connect the cables according to the IDE hard disk
configuration listed in the table below. Follow the instructions
in the housing installation manual on how to install a hard disk
in the system.
IDE Connector Master Slave
IDE 1 Hard disk 0 Hard disk 1
IDE 2 Hard disk 2/IDE CD-ROM Hard disk 3
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