ECS Elitegroup 755FX-A939 [23/83] Installing the motherboard

Installing the Motherboard

IDE devices enclose jumpers or switches used to set the IDE device as MASTER or SLAVE.

Refer to the IDE device user’s manual. Installing two IDE devices on one cable, ensure that

one device is set to MASTER and the other device is set to SLAVE. The documentation of

your IDE device explains how to do this.

About UltraDMA

This motherboard supports UltraDMA 133/100/66. UDMA is a technology that acceler-

ates the performance of devices in the IDE channel. To maximize performance, install IDE

devices that support UDMA and use 80-pin IDE cables that support UDMA 133/100/66.

IDE1: Primary IDE Connector

The first hard drive should always be connected to IDE1.

IDE2: Secondary IDE Connector

The second drive on this controller must be set to slave mode. The cinfiguration is the same

as IDE1.

About SATA Connectors

Your motherboard features two SATA connectors supporting a total of two drives. SATA

refers to Serial ATA (Advanced Technology Attachment) is the standard interface for the

IDE hard drives which are currently used in most PCs. These connectors are well designed

and will only fit in one orientation. Locate the SATA connectors on the motherboard (see

page 21) and follow the illustration below to install the SATA hard drives.

Installing Serial ATA Hard Drives

To install the Serial ATA (SATA) hard drives, use the SATA cable that supports the Serial

ATA protocol. This SATA cable comes with an SATA power cable. You can connect either

end of the SATA cable to the SATA hard drive or the connector on the motherboard.