EIDE Device Installation Guidelines

Jumper Settings

All EIDE drives should be configured for the Cable Select jumper position, which assigns master and slave status to drives by their position on the interface cable. When two EIDE drives are connected to a single EIDE interface cable and are configured for the Cable Select jumper position, the drive attached to the last connector on the interface cable is the master, or boot device (drive 0), and the device attached to the middle connector on the interface cable is the slave device (drive 1). Refer to the documentation in your drive upgrade kit for information on setting devices to the Cable Select jumper position.

General Guidelines

With the two EIDE interface connectors on the system board, your computer can support up to four EIDE drives:

The primary EIDE system-board connector should be cabled to EIDE hard drives

The secondary EIDE connector should be cabled to EIDE CD, DVD, tape, DAT, and zip drives

To locate the EIDE interface connectors on the system board, see "System Board Components" or the interior service label. Each EIDE interface connector on the system board supports the following:

Two channels, master and slave

LBA

PIO Mode 3 and Mode 4

UDMA Mode 3, Mode 4, and Mode 5

Ultra ATA/100 (backward-compatible with ATA/66 and ATA/33)

Removing and Installing Parts

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