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Foxconn NF4K8AB-8EKRS User Manual

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Chapter 2 Installation Instructions

NF4K8AB Series User Manual

This motherboard includes connectors for FDD, IDE devices, SATA devices,

USB devices, IR module, CPU fan, system fan, and others.

Floppy Connector: FLOPPY

This motherboard includes a standard floppy connector, supporting 360 K, 720 K,

1.2 M, 1.44 M, and 2.88 M FDDs.

HDD Connectors: PIDE & SIDE

These connectors support the provided Ultra DMA133/100/66/33 IDE hard disk

ribbon cable and you can configure as a disk array through NVIDIA nForce4 IDE

RAID controller. Refer to chapter 5 for details on how to set up RAID configurations.

Connect the cable’s blue connector to the primary (recommended) or second-

ary IDE connector, then connect the gray connector to the slave device (hard

disk drive) and the black connector to the master device. If you install two hard

disks, you must configure the second drive as a slave device by setting its

jumper accordingly. Refer to the hard disk documentation for the jumper settings.

Other Connectors

Attention:

Ribbon cables are directional, therefore, make sure to always con-

nect with the cable on the same side as pin 1 of the PIDE, SIDE or

FLOPPY connector on the motherboard.

Front Panel Connector: FP1

This motherboard includes one connector for con-

necting the front panel switch and LED indicator.

Hard Disk LED Connector (IDE_LED)

Attach the connector to the IDE_LED on the front

panel of the case; the LED will flash while the HDD

is in operation.

Reset Switch (RESET)

Attach the connector to the Reset switch on the front

panel of the case; the system will restart when the

switch is pressed.

NC

IDE_LED

RESET

PLED

PWRBTN#

+ -

9 10

1 2

FP

FP1

!

+ -

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