There are 5 connectors at the back of the drive unit. There are audio connectors, Master/Slave select connector, E-IDE interface connector and power connector.
Digital Line Out
The drive has a 2-pin connector for digital line out in the rear drive as shown below.
NOTE: This connector may not be supported by Dell
Analog Audio Line Output Connector
The drive has a 4-pin male connector for audio line output as shown below.
E-IDE Master/Slave Select Connector
The drive has a 6-pin double row male connector for Master/Slave in the rear of the drive as shown below.
cable select: pin 1, pin 4 short or all pins open
slave: pin 2, pin 5 short
master: pin 3, pin 6 short
E-IDE(ATAPI) interface Connector (ATA/ATAPI-4)
The drive has a 40-pin unshielded, shrouded, keyed, male E-IDE interface connector as shown below.
Signal
name
Connector
contact
Connector
contact
Signal
name
Signal
name
Connector
contact
Connector
contact
Signal
name
RESETB
1
2
GND
HDRQ
21
22
GND
HD7
3
4
HD8
HWRB
23
24
GND
HD6
5
6
HD9
HRDB
25
26
GND
HD5
7
8
HD10
IORDY
27
28
* No Connection
HD4
9
10
HD11
HDACKB
29
30
GND
HD3
11
12
HD12
HIRQ
31
32
IOCS16
HD2
13
14
HD13
HA1
33
34
HPDIAG
HD1
15
16
HD14
HA0
35
36
GND
HD0
17
18
HD15
CS1FX
37
38
CS3FX
GND
19
20
* No Connection
HDASP
39
40
GND
Power Connector
The drive has a 4-pin shrouded, keyed, male power connector as shown below.
