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2.6.1 Connecting the hard drive
Connecting drives is done in a daisy-chain fashion. This package includes
One 44PIN IDE cable that can connect to 1.8" and 2.5" drives.
1. Connect one end of the cable to Hard Drive connector. Make sure
that the red (or blue) wire corresponds to pin 1 on the connector,
which is labeled on the board (on the right side).
2. Plug the other end of the cable into the Enhanced IDE hard drive,
with pin 1 on the cable corresponding to pin 1 on the hard drive.
(See your hard drive’s documentation for the location of the con-
nector.)
If desired, connect a second drive as described above.
Unlike floppy drives, IDE hard drives can connect to either end of the
cable. If you install two drives, you will need to set one as the master and
one as the slave by using jumpers on the drives. If you install only one
drive, set it as the master.
2.7 Solid State Disk
The board provides a CompactFlash™ card type I/II socket .
2.7.1 CompactFlash (CN21)
The CompactFlash card shares a secondary IDE channel which can be
enabled/disabled via the BIOS settings.
2.8 Parallel port connector (CN13)
Normally, the parallel port is used to connect the card to a printer. The
board includes a multi-mode (ECP/EPP/SPP) parallel port accessed via
CN13 and a 26-pin flat-cable connector. You will need an adapter cable if
you use a traditional DB-25 connector. The adapter cable has a 26-pin
connector on one end, and a DB-25 connector on the other.
The parallel port is designated as LPT1, and can be disabled or changed to
LPT2 or LPT3 in the system BIOS setup.
The parallel port interrupt channel is designated to be IRQ7.
You can select ECP/EPP DMA channel via BIOS setup.