Asus A7V333 User Manual

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ASUS A7V333 motherboard user guide

9) Primary (Blue) / Secondary (Black) IDE Connectors

(40-1 pin PRIMARY IDE and SECONDARY IDE)
(40-1 pin PROMISE IDE1 and PROMISE2 IDE)

The Primary and Secondary IDE connectors support the IDE hard disk ribbon
cables supplied with the motherboard. Connect the cable’s blue connector
to the motherboard’s primary IDE connector (recommended) or the secondary
IDE connector. Connect the opposite end of the cable to your UltraDMA133/
100/66 device (hard disk drive). If a second hard disk drive is connected,
you may reset its jumper to Slave or Master/Slave mode. Non-UltraDMA133/
100/66 devices should be connected to the secondary IDE connector. BIOS
supports specific device bootup (see 4.6 Boot Menu.) UltraDMA/133 is
backward compatible with DMA100/66/33 and with all with existing DMA
devices and systems.

~ The A7V333 motherboard is supplied with two extra onboard IDE
connectors: one Promise IDE1 and one Promise IDE2. Use them to setup
the RAID 0 or 1 arrays and to support extra ATAPI devices. A total of eight
hard-disks, two on each IDE connector, can be connected to the A7V333;
but, only two can function in a RAID array. See 5.4 Software Setup for
more information about setting up a RAID array.

IMPORTANT!

UltraDMA100 and UltraDMA133 IDE devices require a

40-pin 80-conductor cable and RAID arrays only operate with such cables.

NOTE!

For high-performance and RAID 0 or 1 set ups, always setup

two hard disks with two separate ribbon cables, one for the primary IDE
connector and another for the secondary IDE connector. Usually, both
disks must be set to the Master settings. Also, you may install one
operating system on an IDE drive and another on a SCSI drive and select
the boot disk through BIOS. (See 4.6 Boot Menu.) Do not connect any
other types of IDE devices to the Promise IDE connectors; they support
hard disk drive devices only.

A7V333

Secondary IDE Connector

PIN 1

Primary IDE Connector

PIN 1

PROMISE IDE1

PROMISE IDE2

NOTE: Orient the red
markings(usually zigzag)
on the IDE ribbon
cable to PIN 1.

A7V333 PROMISE IDE Connectors