I didnt know that. I have always simply connected the CD or DVD burners and it worked right away. glenn ----- Original Message ----- From: "~Lacey~" <stormy1@xxxxxxx> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 3:51 AM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: cd burner > Yes they do have slave and master settings! I have an LG burner and it has > pins on the back for slave, master, csel and something else. I have mine set > up with my CDRom as the secondary master, the cd burner is the secondary > slave, but to do that I had to put the jumpers on the back as slave and > master. > > Once they are jumpered properly you should just be able to plug them into > the IDE cable and connect that to the motherboard and it will find > everything. If it doesn't, then start worrying!! > > ~Lacey~ > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Glenn Folkvord (Hyperion Media)" <glenn@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 6:22 PM > Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: cd burner > > > > Kathy, > > > > Just connect it to an available connector (on the flat cable that already > > goes to your other CD player) and connect the power, and see what happens. > > Maybe your system will find out it's there, just like that. CD units dont > > have slave or master settings, that is for hard drives. > > > > glenn > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Kathy M" <frankles@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > To: <PCTechTalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 2:43 AM > > Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- cd burner > > > > > > > Hi everyone...my dear hubby bought me a new cd burner for my > birthday...it > > is a "LG" internal ....i know nothing about installing one...rather my > hubby > > will be doing this but we know nothing about installing it...if anyone has > > any advice for us i would appreciate...one thing i dont understand > is....do > > you make it the slave drive??? I have as my hard drive C: and my CD rom is > > D:...so kind of confused about this...any help appreciated...Smiles Kathy > > > > To unsub or change your email settings: > > //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk > > > > To access our Archives: > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ > > //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ > > > > For more info: > > //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk > > > > To unsub or change your email settings: > //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk > > To access our Archives: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ > //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ > > For more info: > //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ For more info: //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk