Asus BA5120 - Manual (Page 30)

2-16 Chapter 2: Basic installation
To install an IDE hard disk drive:
1. Follow steps 1-7 of the previous section.
2. Connect the blue interface of the IDE ribbon cable to the primary IDE
connector (blue connector labeled PRI_IDE) on the motherboard.
• If you will install only one hard disk drive, make sure to configure your hard
disk drive as Master device before connecting the IDE cable and power
plug. Refer to the HDD documentation on how to set the drive as a Master
device.
• If you will install two IDE hard disk drives, configure the other device as
Slave.
3. Connect the gray interface of the IDE ribbon cable to the IDE connector on
the drive.
4. If you install two IDE hard disk drives, connect the black interface of the IDE
ribbon cable to the IDE connector on the second (Slave) IDE hard disk drive.
5. Connect a 4-pin power plug from the power supply unit to the power
connector at the back of the drive(s).
IDE ribbon cable Power cable