Hardware problem: 4 devices, jumpers, master/slave/cable select, primary/secondary - Club CDFreaks

ericparnell08 · 06-07-2008

Im in a bind. I have a 80 gb western digital hard drive with a standard windows XP operating system. I also have another WD 40GB hard drive that I use for media. I have a lite-on dvd burner and a lite-on dvd rom. I need to know primary/secondary ide cable arrangment and master/slave/cable select on my devices. I have a pentium 4 processor and a bluford motherboard(looked it up and nobody knows much about it)(from dell) standard NIC card and 6 usb ports that came stock with the case. 250 watt power supply.

**geno888** · 06-07-2008

Welcome to the forum

My suggestion is the following

Primary master --> the hard disk with the operative system (the 80 gb drive)
Primary slave --> the other hard disk (the 40GB one)

Secondary master --> the burner
Secondary slave --> the dvd rom

Select jumpers correctly on drives, and remember to connect the master drive on the external connector and the slave one on the intermediate connector

06-07-2008	#1 (permalink)
ericparnell08 New on Forum Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 1	4 devices, jumpers, master/slave/cable select, primary/secondary Im in a bind. I have a 80 gb western digital hard drive with a standard windows XP operating system. I also have another WD 40GB hard drive that I use for media. I have a lite-on dvd burner and a lite-on dvd rom. I need to know primary/secondary ide cable arrangment and master/slave/cable select on my devices. I have a pentium 4 processor and a bluford motherboard(looked it up and nobody knows much about it)(from dell) standard NIC card and 6 usb ports that came stock with the case. 250 watt power supply.

06-07-2008	#2 (permalink)
geno888 Moderator, Editor & CD Freaks Guru Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Italy Posts: 18,840	Re: 4 devices, jumpers, master/slave/cable select, primary/secondary Welcome to the forum My suggestion is the following Primary master --> the hard disk with the operative system (the 80 gb drive) Primary slave --> the other hard disk (the 40GB one) Secondary master --> the burner Secondary slave --> the dvd rom Select jumpers correctly on drives, and remember to connect the master drive on the external connector and the slave one on the intermediate connector __________________ Click here or here to download latest version of CD-DVD Speed Click here to read more about DMA User guide for CD-DVD Speed: English version - Versione Italiana User guide for ImgBurn in BUILD mode English version - Italian version Please do not ask questions via PM. Post in the forum instead. Thanks Per favore, non chiedete consigli o suggerimenti tramite PM. Usate invece il forum (che serve proprio per questo). KTPHTT

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