I got two hard drives. The cable connecting the hard drive has 2 connectors, does it matter which connector goes to the master drive and which goes to the slave drive? same question regarding the power supply. 2 connectors on the power cable, the order matters?
2007-08-16 14:04:02 · 5 answers · asked by Peter 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
ok. so the "second" connector goes to master, but which one is the "second"?
2007-08-16 14:12:16 · update #1
it doesn't matter which power cable you use for your hard drive.
however, the hdd cable is different story. I am assuming you have EIDE cable. If you just have one hard drive connecting, then it doesn't matter which connector you use.
If you have 2 hard drive connecting with one cable, either you have to change the jumper setting so one HDD will be master & other one will be slave.
Another way is to change the jumper setting on both HDD to cable select; in this case, the hard drive connected at the end connector will be master and the hard drive connected to middle connector will be slave.
2007-08-16 14:14:01 · answer #1 · answered by shieken 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Master HDD connects to the end of the ribbon cable. Slave drive connects to the mid-connector. It is best to connect master to the power connector closest to power supply (less wire resistance).
2007-08-16 14:55:09 · answer #2 · answered by Karz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The power supply cable doesn't matter. The master HD is on the second, end, connector.
2007-08-16 14:10:38 · answer #3 · answered by hunterrose30 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ok, depending on how you set it up, cable select, and or master/slave, master slave setup it does not matter on the cable positions, cable select the end port on the cable is secondary.......
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