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How do you set up second drive as a slave on a ide hard drive?
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∙ 12y ago
its the same process as u set up a SATA drive... the first thing to do is to remove the jumper from the drive and then use the IDE cable to connect it with it. then go to the drive options and set it to serve as the main.
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When installing an IDE hard drive's configuration a master or slave is handled?
the hard drive should be set to master...
When installing a hard drive and a DVD writer on the same IDE channel which do you configure as the master and which as a slave?
Hard drive as master and DVD writer as slave.
If you have an existing hard drive and want to install a second hard drive and you want to keep the first drive bootable as the bootable drive how should you configure the second hard drive?
If the Hard drive is IDE (40 pins on the back) you would configure the primary hard drive as Master and secondary hard drive as Slave using the jumpers on the back of the hard drive.
When installing a hard drive and a CD-ROM drive on the same IDE channel which do you configure as the master and which as the slave?
Configure the hard drive as the master and the CD-ROM as the slave.
If a single hard disk is attached on a primary IDE channel what should the jumper be set to?
master if the ide cable has a single drive connection. if the ide cable has the master and slave connection. then set the drive to master with slave.
What should the primary jumper be set to On a primary IDE channel if a single hard disk is attached?
master if the ide cable has a single drive connection. if the ide cable has the master and slave connection. then set the drive to master with slave.
What determines if an IDE hard drive will act as a marter or slave im a particular configuration?
Arrangement of Jumper pins on Hard Drive
When installing a second hard drive can you connect a EIDE into an IDE plug?
Yes.
When installing a hard drive and a CD-ROM drive on the same IDE channel which do you configure as the master and which as a slave?
The Harddrive needs to be set as "master" and the CD ROM as Slave.
How many hard drive can you connect on a motherboard with 4 sata and 1 ide controller?
To the IDE cable, 2 Hard disks can be connected as Master and Slave.(Hard disks that support IDE). 4 SATA ports could be used for 4 Hard Disks.
If a CD drive and a hard drive are sharing the same data cable in a computer system what type of connection is the CD drive using Which of the two drives should be set to master which to slave?
IF the CD drive shares an IDE channel with a hard drive, make the hard drive the master and the CD drive the slave.
What type of hard drive do you have to set a master and slave jumper for?
Some IDE drives have a master/slave jumper, but a significant number of IDE drives defaulted to a "cable select" setting where the drive would determine for itself whether it was the master or the slave by which of the two sockets on the cable it was plugged into.
