Step 7 attach floppy drive – American Megatrends III User Manual

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Apollo III PCI Pentium ISA Motherboard User’s Guide

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Step 7 Attach Floppy Drive

FDD is a 34-pin dual-inline berg. Connect the cable from the floppy drive to
FDD, as shown below. The onboard floppy controller cannot be used if a hard
disk card with a floppy controller is installed. Choose Standard Setup and
Peripheral Setup to configure the floppy controller.

The motherboard supports up to two 720 KB, 1.44 MB, or 2.88 MB 3½"
drives and 360 KB and 1.2 MB 5¼" drives. The connecting cable is a 34-pin
ribbon connector with two 34-pin edge connectors for attaching the floppy
disk drives. There is a small twist in the cable between the floppy connectors.
The last (end) connector should be connected to floppy drive A:.

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