Configuration for a Master and Slave

Tell us the make & models of the drives you want to setup & I'm sure we can get you the info you need! Also, please tell us what drive you want to be a master & which to be the slave. We can then give you detailed instructions.

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Look for the diagram on the back of the hard drive,a diagram will have the jumper configuration noted.
Follow the diagram jumper pin is on the jumpers near the ribbon cable,the jumper orientation should be designated Master/Slave nearest the power plug

M S C is usually stamped where the jumper is [on some drives, maybe most drives, depends on the drives]. Anyway, those letters are pretty self explanatory. C means cable select. If you use cable select, then the slave goes on the middle IDE connector and the master on the end connector.

On the Western Digital Hard Drive it is :Master pins 5 & 6-Slave pins 3 & 4

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First, make sure that you are NOT using a 'cable select' style cable.
These normally have a hole in the ribbon near the drive connectors.

If you have a caple select cable, just jumper the drives for cable select, and connect the BOOT (C:) drive as the master, and the new drive as the slave.

For a 'standard' IDE cable, the original, or BOOT drive needs to be jumpered as the master.
(It may be presently set to either master, or single)
Then, jumper the new drive as slave.

If the drives do not have a label on them for the jumpers. Go to the drive mfgs web site, and look up the specifications for the model drive(s) you have.

After you have the drives installed, enter BIOS settings, and verify that both drives are properly detected.

Chas

It is much easier to configure these drives before you actually install them in the case. If you install them first, having enough room to actually set the jumpers can be a problem.

Before doing this, you must decide what type of drives and howmany you want in your system. Then you will need to decide how to configure them to make them all work together. Here is some data to help you out:

Your motherboard has two IDE channels, each supporting two devices. So, if you want two hard drives, for example, you should have one be the “master” and the other be the “slave”. Have your main hard drive (the one with your operating system) be your “master” and the other one will be your slave. If you will only have one hard drive, then you will have it configured as the “master”, or on some drives, you would choose “single” or “cable select” to tell the IDE bus that it is the only drive on that chain.

The same procedure goes for your secondary IDE channel, where you will be running your CD drives, tape backups, or if you have a crapload of hard drives, other hard drives.

Configuring these drives is very easy. Often the jumper settings are printed on the top of the drive itself. On CD drives, the settings are described right above the jumper pins. On hard drives, the information is printed on the top of the hard drive, if it is printed at all. If not, then consult the manual for it or go online to try finding the specs. The manuals will also outline any special jumper settings such as use of the limiter jumper on Maxtor hard drives.

In general, have hard drives on a separate channel than the CD drives. If you have a second hard drive, set it asslave on IDE 1. Likewise, if you have a second CD drive, such as a CD-RW drive or a DVD, then install it as a slave on IDE

Go to the manufacturers web site for the brand of each drive you have. search the database and they should have your drives listed with a clear diagram of where the pins go. www.westerndigital.com www.maxtor.com (quantum hard drives are also on the maxtor site as maxtor purchased quantums drive business) www.seagate.com etc....

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