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by rjforster

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I am working on a Dell Dimension 2400 with 2 GBytes of RAM and a Celeron 2.4 GHz processor. I was trying to install a 500 GByte Seagate Barracuda hard drive but it will only be recognized if I set it up as a slave. I can format it,install Windows XP Pro and see it in the BIOS or Windows as long as I have it setup as a slave. If I try to hook it up as a singe or naster drive it will not recognize it in BIOS. In fact if it is setup as a master drive neither drive is recognized in BIOS. I have tried configuring it as Cable Select and Master but nothing works.

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by psychospath

if you are, you should plug you the blue IDE to your Seagate Barracuda and make your old HDD(if you still have it installed) to slave.

I hope I helped.

by angsax

If SATA, it's a little loopy the first time.

You have to set the BIOS to boot from the SATA. If you have another drive (IDE) then it really doesn't matter whether it's set to Master or Slave (unless your using same cable for CD).

Make sense?

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