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Old August 20th, 2004, 07:35 AM
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hi i have a problem gettin my 2nd HD online. Last time i used to have a 1st HD which was set to slave. recently , i removed this 1st HD to a new computer, and i took out e jumpers. Then i installed the 1st HD to a new computer. Here is wat the startup summary say,

IDE Channel 1 Master: None
IDE Channel 1 Slave: MAxtor HD

IDE Channel 2 Master:CD-ROM
IDE Channel 2 Slave:None

I installed the 1st HD to master, so i do not know why it says slave. isit bcause it used to b a slave in my old computer? and when i install my 2nd HD together with the 1st one. makin e 2nd one as slave(with jumpers). e 2nd HD jus dosent show up. Pls help .. kinda desperate.. Thanks in advance
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Hey,
When you remove the jumpers, by default, the HD will go by "Cable-Select", and by the sounds of this situation, that HD is dominant. Dont know why this problem occurs, sometimes hard drives conflict with each other, I just use separate IDE Channels to get around it.

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Have you tried setting the jumpers to master on the drive, rather than just removing them altogether? Give it a shot.
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Have you tried setting the jumpers to master on the drive, rather than just removing them altogether? Give it a shot.



sry, how u set e jumpers to master! kinda new to this
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Old August 20th, 2004, 09:37 AM
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OK, betwenn the IDE connecotr, and the Power Connector, there are some pins, thats where we talking, ussually on toip of the drive, on the sticker, with all the drive specs there is some kinda diagram showing you how to pin it as Master, Slave or CS (cable Select) That should help ya!
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can i set master or slave or cs when i have an os installed in e HD alrdy..! ... its kinda weird that my mobo says i have no master, and e hd my os is in is e slave ,,,weird..pls advice...
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The OS you are booting whould always be on Master anyway. Um...seing as you sadi you are new, you are putting it on the right IDE connector. The Cable runs out from the board, the first one is usually MASTER, unless marked otherwise, and the second connector, on the end is SLAVE!. That may be why your BIOS is not reading it as master!
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The OS you are booting whould always be on Master anyway. Um...seing as you sadi you are new, you are putting it on the right IDE connector. The Cable runs out from the board, the first one is usually MASTER, unless marked otherwise, and the second connector, on the end is SLAVE!. That may be why your BIOS is not reading it as master!



yes Nic , my cables are fitted right, wat i'm more concern is tat ... can a slave run without a master.. if that kinda conditon can ever happen.. i dont have jumpers in my Hd, its on e very 1st cable connector(its labeled master), my slave . which is running down, which is e second cable(middle) connector,, and has no HD.,now.., and my last connector goes to my mobo. wat i want to know is.. Y is it showing as this

IDE Channel 1 Master: None << my main concern
IDE Channel 1 Slave: MAxtor HD << this is the HD i am booting my OS from... n its connected to e master cable ..wif no jumpers at e back.

IDE Channel 2 Master:CD-ROM
IDE Channel 2 Slave:None


thanks for replyin n helpin me out nic...

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Hey,
A Slave CAN boot without a Master, maybe your mainboard is just faulty? try another cable, and see what that can do!

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Why don't you have jumpers on the back? Cable select is a finicky thing, you should set the jumpers to master manually.
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Why don't you have jumpers on the back? Cable select is a finicky thing, you should set the jumpers to master manually.


sorry for e stupid question. how to set manually to both master and slave.. thanks
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This site has descriptions and pictures of the jumpers and such. Ignore the specifics about the drive, but the general idea is the same for any drive.
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Old August 20th, 2004, 06:28 PM
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Write down the jumper settings on HDD and HDD model, so they can answer you more precisely. Though the problem may be automatically solved by reading well and starring at jumper pins for a pretty while.
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ok ! i finally got HD 1(set jumper to master) and HD 2(set jumper to slave) recognized by the BIOS. but kinda weird that i cant format it in winxp coz i cant seem to find the HD2 in Administrative tools, under disk management. Please help , thanks to all for following up wif me and helpin me wif this .. really appericiate it =)

heres my IDE channel 1 n 2 summary

IDE channel 1 Master: HD1
IDE channel 1 Slave: HD2 (cant see in winxp under disk management)
IDE channel 2 Master: HD3
IDE channel 2 Slave: CD-ROM

I can see HD1,HD3,CD-ROM in my disk management list .

pls help ..... Thanks!

ohh btw.. H1 and HD3 are from an old system, and now wif HD1 wif OS. HD2 is a new one..haven format.. jus out of e box
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Old August 23rd, 2004, 10:34 AM
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(^^;?(I don't know what you are doing. But probably XP would be ditzy. Disk management seems to be pretty stupid intead of its magnificence)

Use Maxblast from Maxtor(They say this is that it is for.) or you may fdisk it by Win98 bootdisk.
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