IBM ATA-3 manual Setting the Configuration Jumpers, Master, Deskstar Hard Disk Drive User’s Guide

Step 3. Setting the Configuration Jumpers

Your drive has four configuration positions that determine the data transmission priority. The positions are:

Master

Slave

Cable Select

Slave Present

Use the appropriate configurations for your desired purpose:

Master

Some

systems use

special

ATA

cables

with

two

wires

reversed

in

the

device

connectors

to

allow

the

drives

to

be

ordered

by

the

cable

rather

than

the jumper

configuration. The Cable

Select

configuration

is

only

to

be

used

for

systems

equipped

with

these

special

cables.

See

the

documentation

that

comes

with

your

computer

to

determine

if

your

ATA adapter requires you to place

the

jumpers

in

the

Cable

Select

configuration.

If

you

place

the

jumpers

in

the

Cable

Select

configuration,

the

IDE

cable

automatically

assigns

the

master

and

slave

settings

based

on

the

position

of

the

drive

on

the

cable.

Any

other

devices

on

the

IDE

cable

must

also

be

set

to

Cable

Select.

If

you

are

installing

the

Deskstar

as

the

only

drive

on

the

IDE

cable

Slave

Present

or

you

are replacing

the

master

drive

on

the

IDE

cable,

verify

that

the

Your

ATA

drive

has

a

Slave

Present

position

for

the

special

case

when

you

are

installing

the Deskstar

as

master

with

an

older

and

jumpers

are

in

the

master

configuration.

slower slave drive that does

not

comply

with the

ATA

communication

Slave

standard.

If

you

are

installing

the

Deskstar

as

the

slave

drive,

place

the

jumpers

in

the

slave

configuration.

If

the

existing

master

drive is

also

a

If

you

are

installing

the

Deskstar

drive

as

the

master,

you

have a slave

device

on

the

same

ATA

cable,

and

your

configuration-setup program

Deskstar,

verify that

the

jumpers

are

in

the

master

configuration.

does

not

recognize

the

slave

drive,

turn

off

your

computer

and

unplug

If

the

master

drive

is

not

a

Deskstar,

see

the

documentation

that

comesthe

power

cord.

Open

your

computer. On

the

master

drive,

change

with

the

drive,

check

the

drive

label,

refer

to DisktheManager Online

your

jumpers

from

the

Master

configuration

(the

factory

default)

to the

Manual

,

or

call

the

drive

manufacturer

to

determine

if

you

need

to

Slave

Present

configuration.

Then

close

your

computer,

reattach

the

reset

the

jumpers.

For

information on

how

to

contact

the

most

power

cord,

and

restart

your

computer.

common

hard

disk

drive

manufacturers,

see

“Hard

Disk

Drive

For

information

on

jumper

positions

for

your

drive,

see

the

Deskstar

Manufacturers”

on

page

3-13.

Enhanced

IDE

(ATA-3)

Hard

Disk

Drive

User’s

Guide

Supplement

.

Cable

Select

1-2 Deskstar Hard Disk Drive User’s Guide