Asus P5W: Notes for installing PATA hard disk drive

Notes for installing PATA hard disk drive

• Ifyouroperatingsystemisinstalled

totheharddiskdrivecontrolledby

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theRAIDorothercontrollers,you

have to install the controller driver

totheharddiskrst.

• The cables are designed with pull

tabs.Justeasilyinstallthedisk

drives based on the cable labels.

To prevent damaging the pins,

disconnectthecablebypullingthe

the cable tabs.

• TherearetwocablesforATAIDE

disk drives, the newer 80‑wire

(right) and the older 40‑wire (left)

cables. For ATA66/100/133 disk

drives,onlythe80-wirecablecan

offer a better perfermance. The

40-wirecablesareusuallyforthe

optical drives.

• The cable connector is color‑

coded. The blue one is for the host

connector,andtheblack/grayone

isfortheprimary/secondarydisk

drive.

• WhenconnectingtwoIDEdevices,

youhavetosetthejumpersto

different position, one in master

andoneinslave.Ifyouareusing

80-wirecable,youcanusethe

cableselectstyle.

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