AAEON PCM-5895 Rev.A User Manual

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Chapter 2 Quick Installation Guide

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between the two drives on the cable, but is not connected to the
motherboard. Inside the cable’s motherboard connector, the PDIAG- signal
is disconnected from the two drives, and grounded for the motherboard. As
a result, the PDIAG- signal cannot travel between the HDD (on the cable)
and a CF (on the motherboard).

There are three options for supporting configurations with both HDD and
CF:
1) Use a 40-pin cable. This solution limits the user to the lower UDMA
speeds.
2) Abandon the CF socket on the LX DB800 baseboard and use a CF
adapter that attaches directly to the 80-pin cable. This solution allows the
HDD to operate at the higher UDMA speeds and also maintains support for
the 80-pin cable detection.
3) Modify an 80-pin cable (or build a modified cable). Cutting off the host
end of the 80-pin cable at the point where it attaches to the first drive
connector allows the PDIAG- signal to pass from the HDD to the CF socket.
This also removes the hardware support for detecting the presence of the
80-pin cable, and requires the BIOS be modified so that 80-pin support is
the default.

2.34 PCI Slot (PCI1)

Standard Specification.

2.35 LAN LED (CN13, CN25)

Pin Signal

Pin Signal

1

RX

2

+3.3V

3

LINK10/100

4

+3.3V

5

TX

6

+3.3V

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