I guess that the hard drive is probably connected to the primary controller and the CD-ROM is connected to the secondary controller, both being masters. Does this make sense?
Now, would it be better to connect a CDRW to the second controller as a master and make the CD-ROM a slave, or, better to put the CDRW on the primary controller as a slave leaving the hard drive the master? Thank you very much, Tom ** [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Clint Hamilton Wrote: >As you found out, the floppy is totally different from an IDE >device. IDE and EIDE use the same 40 pin cables and are the >same thing basically, the E is just 'enhanced'. They use the >IDE controllers on a motherboard. IDE is Integrated Drive >Electronics (aka Intelligent Drive Electronics). > >The floppy cable is a 34 pin cable connected to a >motherboards floppy controller. Assuming your mobo is a >typical board (you don't say what it is), you can hook up 2 >IDE or EIDE devices PER controller for a total of 4. On each >IDE controller, one must be jumpered as a master and the >other a slave. The jumpers are on the rear of the drives and >are usually labeled. (look for MS and SA or SL for 'master' >and 'slave' respectively). ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
