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Chapter 2
Board Installation
Some symptoms of incorrectly installed HDDs are:
Hard disk drives are not auto-detected: may be a Master/Slave
problem or a bad IDE cable. Contact your vendor.
Hard Disk Drive Fail message at bootup: may be a bad cable or
lack of power going to the drive.
No video or beeps onbootup: usually means the cable is on back
wards.
Hard drive lights are constantly on: bad IDE cable or defective drives/
motherboard. Try another HDD.
Hard drives do not power up: check power cables and cabling.
May also be a bad power supply or IDE drive.
Connecting Floppy Drives
Pin 1 on the floppy cable is usually denoted by a red or colored stripe down
one side of the cable (see Figure 2-15 on the following page). Most of the
current floppy drives on the market require that the colored stripe be posi-
tioned so that it is right next to the power connector. In most cases, there will
be a key pin on the cable which will force you to connect the cable properly.
Figure 2-14
Pin 1
*Note: The image above is used to illustrate a concept and may not represent the actual
image of your motherboard.