Seagate 1270SL, 1080SL, 851SL, 540SL manual Configuring the drive, Required materials

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Warning. Turn off the computer before you remove its cover. Turn off the power before you install or remove any adapter card or the drive.

Caution. Special training or tools may be required to service laptop computers. Removing the cover may void your warranty. Review the terms and conditions of your warranty before removing the cover.

Configuring the drive

Required materials:

∙2-mm jumper connector (supplied as spare jumpers)

Your Seagate drive is configured using the options jumper block shown in Figure 1 on page 6. The option settings are shown in Figure 2 on page 7. You can configure the drive:

∙For one- or two-drive operation.

∙To be the master or slave drive.

∙To operate as the master with drives that use a different master/slave timing protocol.

∙For computers that use cable-select.

∙To use a remote drive-activity LED.

To configure the drive, attach a jumper to the pins on the options jumper block for the desired option. The configuration options are:

Spare jumper. Spare jumpers are provided on pins 2 and 4 and on pins 6 and 8 for configuring your drive. These settings are not used to configure the drive. The jumper is a 2-mm connector. If you use a larger connector, you may damage the jumper-block pins.