Jumper Settings On New Ide Hard Drive

[Peerzy]

i am adding a extra hard drive and i want it set as a slave but i dunno how to set the jumpers so it will read as the slave as i already hav my old hard drive wiv win xp on it.

thnx

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[Mad Cat]

There should be some sort of documentation or indication on the actual harddrive.

It differs from company to company and from model to model.

[Peerzy]

well a m8 gave me this hard drive and he gave it to me how it is. no documents or anything. its a maxtor or something like that.

[Mad Cat]

I've no idea then.

You know what size it is? Try the model number (should be on the HDD) on Maxtor's site.

[Peerzy]

yeah if i unplug my pc again i can look at the modle number and shit and he thinks its either a 25 a 35 or a 40 gb. but there is no unirvsal way it had 8 pins on it and 2 little jumpers.

[bigdawgfoxx]

Just search for the model number on google and im sure you will find some sort of manual.

[Smurfette]

Originally posted by peerzyboy@1 January 2004 - 19:02
yeah if i unplug my pc again i can look at the modle number and shit and he thinks its either a 25 a 35 or a 40 gb. but there is no unirvsal way it had 8 pins on it and 2 little jumpers.
FCOL, open the case and have a bloody look, then.
You are going to need to know the make and model; there is no way around that.

[Peerzy]

done it.

i got the make and modle but just mucked around with the jumpers and it worked.

Yay

[peat moss]

So what did you do set as master, slave cls? what?







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Sorry but it helps other people when you explain what you've done

[Robert00000]

On most modern hard drives there's some marking to show where the pins should go. Have a look to see if there are letters M, S and CS on the drive.

[Peerzy]

i wanted to set it as slave all along but it didnt have any markings on it. i just tried 3 or 4 combonations and 1 worked.