Dell GX240 manual IDE Drive Addressing, 2 1 3, Installing Upgrades

w w w . d e l l . c o m s u p p o r t . d e l l . c o m

S m a l l M i n i -To w e r C o m p u t e r

2

1

3

1CD/DVD drive(s)

2floppy drive(s)

3hard drive(s)

IDE Drive Addressing

All IDE devices require that you configure the cable select setting, which assigns master and slave status to devices according to their position on the interface cable. You usually configure a drive for cable select by setting a jumper or switch, depending on the drive. Refer to the drive documentation in your upgrade kit for information on configuring devices for the cable select setting. When you connect two IDE devices to a single IDE interface cable and configure them for the cable select setting, the device 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).

102

Installing Upgrades