2.5 Connectors
2.5 Connectors
2.5 Connectors
2.5 Connectors
2.5 Connectors
Connectors are NOT jumpers. DO NOT place jumper caps over these
connectors. Placing jumper caps over the connectors will cause perma-
nent damage of the motherboard!
Connector
FDD Connector
(33-pin FLOPPY1)
(see p.2 item 21)
Note: Make sure the red-striped side of the cable is plugged into Pin1 side of the
connector.
Primary IDE Connector (Blue)
(39-pin IDE1, see p.2 item 8)
connect the blue end
to the motherboard
Note: If you use only one IDE device on this motherboard, please set the IDE
device as "Master". Please refer to the instruction of your IDE device
vendor for the details. Besides, to optimize compatibility and performance,
please connect your hard disk drive to the primary IDE connector (IDE1,
blue) and CD-ROM to the secondary IDE connector (IDE2, black).
Serial ATA Connectors
(SATA1: see p.2 item 11)
(SATA2: see p.2 item 12)
Serial ATA (SATA)
Data Cable
1 2
1 2
1 2
1 2
1 2
Figure
Secondary IDE Connector (Black)
(39-pin IDE2, see p.2 item 7)
80-conductor, ATA 66/100/133 cable
SATA1
SATA2
ASRock 939S56-M Motherboard
Description
the red-striped side to Pin1
connect the black end
to the IDE devices
These two Serial ATA (SATA)
connectors support SATA data
cables for internal storage
devices. The current SATA
interface allows up to 1.5 Gb/s
data transfer rate.
Either end of the SATA data
cable can be connected to the
SATA hard disk or the SATA
connector on the motherboard.