I have a new CD-RW drive I just installed and it works great. The question I have does not apply to my computer since it is set up for cable select however I am curious. On the back of the drive between the IDE and the audio connector is another connector. It has a plastic cover you use to go over either the master, slave, or cable select. My question is what does it matter what it is set on as nothing connects to it. The only thing I can think of is it is for a jumper connector to another drive if you have one which I do not. Am I on the right track here or is it something different ?
2007-01-31 22:06:14 · 4 answers · asked by Big_Dog_Spike 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
well if its the main drive you can have it on cable select or master and if its the salve drive you can also have it on cable select or slave... with cable select you have to have it in the top IDE plug to be master and the bottom IDE plug for slave
2007-01-31 22:13:39 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
What you are looking at is the jumper. Your computer does not decide whether you have master, slave, or cable select, the drives themselves are where you make that setting, and that is what the jumper is for.
2007-02-01 13:01:29 · answer #2 · answered by mysticman44 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you are running the drive directly to a drive connector on your motherboard, put the jumper on MASTER.
2007-01-31 22:09:25 · answer #3 · answered by Freak Boy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Cable choose A force putting referred to as cable choose grew to become into defined as elective in ATA-a million and has come into fairly regular use with ATA-5 and later. A force set to "cable choose" immediately configures itself as grasp or slave, in accordance to its place on the cable. Cable choose is controlled by skill of pin 28. The host adapter grounds this pin; if a gadget sees that the pin is grounded, this is going to become the grasp gadget; if it sees that pin 28 is open, the gadget will become the slave gadget. This putting is frequently chosen by skill of putting a jumper on the "cable choose" place, frequently marked CS, fairly than on the "grasp" or "slave" place. With the 40-cord cable it grew to become into very trouble-free to enforce cable choose by skill of only slicing the pin 28 cord between the two gadget connectors. This places the slave gadget on the top of the cable, and the grasp on the "center" connector. This affiliation ultimately grew to become into standardized in later variations of the specification. If there is just one gadget on the cable, this ends up in an unused "stub" of cable. it is undesirable, the two for actual convenience and electric powered motives: The stub motives sign reflections, extremely at greater circulate costs. while the 80-cord cable grew to become into defined for use for the reason that ATAPI5/UDMA4, the grasp gadget is going on the top of the 18-inch cable(black connector), the middle-slave connector is gray, the blue connector is going onto the motherboard. So, if there is just one (grasp)gadget on the cable, there's no cable "stub" to reason reflections. additionally, cable choose is now applied in the slave gadget connector, frequently by using skill of omitting the touch from the connector physique. the two the 40-cord and 80-cord parallel-IDE cables share a similar 40-socket connector configuration."
2016-09-28 06:42:06 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋