I got a used hard drive. I'm gonna set it as a second / slave hard drive. on the hard drive, there are four different ways to set the jumper as a slave. They are "16 heads", "15 heads", "32GB clip", and "auto spin disablo". Which one should I pick or what difference are they? Thanks.
2007-08-13 17:19:13 · 5 answers · asked by Peter 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
Do not take lasserith's advice. Jumpers, Master matters.
Take evil_rondy's advice.
After you have installed it and startup your computer, it it does not startup; it is connected incorrectly.
It may take a while for the POST to complete and recognize the new hardware and settings.
You may be requested to save to BIOS.
REsponse to Marcos:
Yes the jumpers do matter.
But Cable Select (CS) is used when there is only 1 IDE drive on an IDE connection.
When using 2 IDE drives on an IDE connection you require an IDE cable with 3 connectors. Newer Motherboards have a blue IDE connector on board. The Blue connector on the IDE cable goes into that Motherboard connector. The other 2 connect to the 2 IDE drives.
If you have 2 drives on one ide conection, the first drive which is usually the C: drive is set to Master, the second drive is set to Slave.
Good Luck.
2007-08-13 17:37:20 · answer #1 · answered by Comp-Elect 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hello; Contrary to some of your other answers, the jumper setting do matter... it just depends upon the drive manufacturer, and model/year of the drive. Some drives will require you to set it to cable select, unless it's to be used as the primary drive, then it should be set to "Master"... in fact, this it generally the case for a majority of the hard drives. Again, your first drive (already set, so nothing to worry about there) is master, and the rest of the drives you put in should be set to "cable select"... leaving it set as a master will result in a conflict with the other drive, so yeah guy; it matters! If it doesn't have a cable select setting, try setting it to slave. Cable Select means that it allows its' position on the IDE connecting cable to make the determination... maybe that other answerer thinks that doesn't make a difference either!
If you have trouble, feel free to email or IM me;
Marcos
2007-08-13 17:43:27 · answer #2 · answered by Mark MacIver 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Leave the jumper where it is, Those determine things besides master and slave. Simply reformat after hooking it up. (go to my computer right click it hit format and make sure that quick format isnt checked) Then it should be good to go. (Formatting deletes any data on it, but If you havent used it yet then no worries)
BTW. Master/slave settings are basically unimportant
Edit: DO NOT LISTEN TO THE GUY BELOW ME! The jumper settings on your hard drive tell the hard drive what its physical charactistics are. Messing with these may cause the drive to lose valuable operating time (as in wont last as long)
2007-08-13 17:28:21 · answer #3 · answered by lasserith 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
i'm a sprint at a loss for words on what you have set up. It is going this way. laptop has no longer ordinary tension. in lots of cases the jumpers are set to understand or community, in case you upload yet another no longer ordinary tension, you could no longer have 2 masters. So, jumpers are used to set the pins to permit the laptop besides from the grasp no longer ordinary tension and then see the 2nd as a slave. no longer an OS gadget. so which you may have yet another tension letter assigned to the 2nd no longer ordinary tension and replica records between them, yet only one is the grasp look on the stress you desire to be the slave, in lots of cases someplace on there is shows the place and what place to place the jumpers on
2016-11-12 06:40:58 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go to google.com
Type in the model of the drive, add a space, then type "jumper settings" (including the double quotes).
I'll bet something will come up.
2007-08-13 17:31:20 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋