dthomas31uk
asked on
Setting HDD and CD Rom to Master, slave etc.
Hello, Just finished building my first PC and am about to switch on to mains power to check to see how it goes. Have double checked everything ...power sockets, jumpers etc. Want I am wanting to know is about my HDD and my CD-Rom concerning the Master and slave situations......do I need to change anything.....the computer I have built has 160 gig HDD and a cd/dvd rewriter.....do i need to alter anything if so what do I need to check.......Once I have got my PC up and running am going to add another two HDD from my previous PC.......what would I need to do to acheive this also........Hope someone can give me some good advice cheers.
SOLUTION
membership
This solution is only available to members.
To access this solution, you must be a member of Experts Exchange.
Callandor - couldn't have put it better myself! ;)
Hard drive have fast transfer compair to CD or DVD drive. So you should'nt mix hard disk and cd on the same cable. You should built like this:
(HD Slave) HD Master
mother IDE0-----------------|----
board IDE1---------------------|
(CD2 Slave) CD1 Master
(HD Master)
(HD Slave) HD Master
mother IDE0-----------------|----
board IDE1---------------------|
(CD2 Slave) CD1 Master
(HD Master)
ASKER
How do I set my hard drive to master, slave etc
A small jumper located on the back of the drive, next to the power plug, is where the jumpers are usually located. There are diagrams on the drive showing what the positions are for master and slave.
ASKER
Callandor have seen the diagram.....and understand where they are situated on the back of the drive.....don't mean to sound stupid but what exactly do I place in the back of the drive
ASKER CERTIFIED SOLUTION
membership
This solution is only available to members.
To access this solution, you must be a member of Experts Exchange.
ASKER
Got yer nice one katcombz....so I move the jumper on the back of the drive to suit the settings that I require....master, slave or cable select. cheers
Alternatively, you can probably get by with setting both to CS (cable select) - though this has mixed results depending on the hardware manufacturer.
When you install a new hard drive - put it on your secondary controller and it won't interfere with these two devices...