[pchelpers] Re: Need help in install for #2 DDV DRIVE
- From: John Durham <john.modec@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2004 07:49:08 +1300
Going by conventional wisdom, if you have one device on your IDE cable
set to master, then the other one should be set to slave.
Louis M. Hall wrote:
>OptoRite+DDV+RW/-RW Drive physical installation as a second CD to
>a Toshiba CD-RW in a Dell 8250 Desk Top went just fine.
>Jumper in initial CR-RW was, and is, still set to CS [Cable Select].
>Should this jumper be moved to S [Slave] or M [Master] or left at CS?
>
>Instructions for DDV state, "Connect the sound cable and the power cable
>to your writer." I'm OK on power cable. Included was a three wire, four
>prong, 18" connector cable that I assume goes from the four holes at rear
>of DDV to the four hole receptical on the rear of the sound card with the
>identifier, "CD IN". I see no wire like this from the original CD-RW from
>the first installed CD-RW to the sound card. Am I correct in running this
>cable from the added DDV to the sound card as just stated?
>
>
>
That sounds right. The sound connection (if you have one) will come from
the drive to either the sound card or an equvalent connector on the
motherboard (if your sound is integrated into the motherboard).
>I do not understand what is meant by "Primary IDE Port" and "Secondary IDE
>Port" The original CD-RW was and is installed in the top bay. I have placed the
>new DVD in the second bay. The instructions picture a "Master Drive(Bootleg
>Hard
>Disk) to Primary IDE and a "Master Drive" going to a Secondary IDE. I am just
>not mastering "Slave Device" and "Master Device"
>
>
>
IDE ports are not related to which bay you install things in. You have
complete freedom in that area. IDE ports are used to control drives you
have installed. Most often, there will be one or two 40 pin connectors
on the motherboard (or sometimes on a card). Using the 40/80 wire cable,
connect it with the equivalent one on the drive. Take care to get pin 1
the same on both ends if you want it to work.
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