Like 4 drives.
2007-08-16 14:47:29 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
Look at the physical drive. There will be a set of pins between the power plug and the cable plug. These jumper pins are for setting the master/slave or cable select. On your mother board, you most likely have two IDE or ATA or SATA ports to plug the cable into . One of these will be marked "1" and the other "2". One is primary and the other is secondary.
Set the jumpers on your drives for "Cable select". The drive on the very end of the cable plugged into IDE 1 will be the Primary Master. The second drive plugged into the middle of that same cable will be the Primary Slave.
The drive on the very end of the cable plugged into IDE 2 will be the Secondary Master. The second drive plugged into the middle of that same cable will be the Secondary Slave.
Hope that helps!
2007-08-16 14:59:34 · answer #1 · answered by Beth 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
On the motherboard, IDE1 port (usually blue) is PRIMARY. When you connect the IDE ribbon cable to that port, the other end of the cable is MASTER, the mid-connector goes to SLAVE.
IDE2 port (usually white) is SECONDARY. When you connect the IDE ribbon cable to this port, the other end of the cable is MASTER, the mid-connector goes to SLAVE.
Be sure the jumpers of the drives are properly set.
2007-08-16 22:17:16 · answer #2 · answered by Karz 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
in the motherboard bios
2007-08-16 21:54:45 · answer #3 · answered by Sourstraw 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋