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Asus SK8V User Manual

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ASUS SK8V motherboard

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2. Floppy disk drive connector (34-1 pin FLOPPY)

This connector supports the provided floppy drive ribbon cable. After
connecting one end to the motherboard, connect the other end to the
floppy drive. (Pin 5 is removed to prevent incorrect insertion when
using ribbon cables with pin 5 plug).

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SK8V Floppy Disk Drive Connector

NOTE: Orient the colored stripe on
the floppy ribbon cable to PIN 1.

FLOPPY

PIN 1

3. RAID ATA connector (40-1 pin PRI_RAID)

This connector support either RAID 0, RAID 1 or RAID 0 + 1
configuration with the Serial ATA connectors through the onboard
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PDC20378 controller. You can use the RAID feature to set up

a disk array configuration and to support additional IDE devices.

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SK8V PRI_RAID Connectors

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

PRI_RAID

PIN 1

Important notes on the RAID feature:

By default, the drive that you connect to the PRI_RAID
connector follow the ATA133/100/66/33 protocol as an
independent drive, not as a disk array.

The RAID/SATA controller chipset does not support ATAPI
devices such as CD-ROMs, DVD-ROMs, etc.

Refer to sections “5.5 VIA RAID Configurations” and “5.6 Promise

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RAID Configurations” for details.