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KarmaKiller · January 15th, 2009, 10:27 AM

Ok. so this is a IDE drive. there is a possibility that your having a jumper issues.
Look on the back of the drives, and you'll notice some pins that aren't for power or the IDE cable.

Basically, you need to set up jumpers on the drive, making one the "primary" or "master" drive, then one as the "secondary" or "slave" drive.
There is another configuration you can do to, it's labled as "CS" on the drive. Which stands for "cable select". Basically, that leaves your PC to decide and setup the "master" and "slave" option.

January 15th, 2009, 10:27 AM	#24 (permalink)
KarmaKiller \m/(°-°)\m/ Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: In my room Posts: 12,765 Blog Entries: 5	Ok. so this is a IDE drive. there is a possibility that your having a jumper issues. Look on the back of the drives, and you'll notice some pins that aren't for power or the IDE cable. Basically, you need to set up jumpers on the drive, making one the "primary" or "master" drive, then one as the "secondary" or "slave" drive. There is another configuration you can do to, it's labled as "CS" on the drive. Which stands for "cable select". Basically, that leaves your PC to decide and setup the "master" and "slave" option. __________________ Folding for Team TechIMO! \|Q6600@4ghz\| Team Stats\| My RIG