There is a sample about Seagate hard drive jumper setting. It's not currently set, but you can fairly easily tell from the diagram what you'll need to set it for. You'll see some kind of diagram that looks like this: If you want to make it the master or the slave, you will have to look around the drive to find where the instructions are. Wonder what connects to where on the cable?
If you want to do that you'll just have to make sure that it's plugged into the right part of the cable. A lot of people like to use what is called Cable Select. The master can also be referred to as the "primary" drive with the slave being the "secondary". Drives come defaulted to be ready to be installed in a single drive environment.įirst of all Master, Slave? What is this? They had to be called something. A drive can only transfer as fast as the slowest device on the channel. Needle-nose pliers for removing or adding jumpers.ĭO NOT put a CD Drive on the same channel as your hard drive! Most modern CD drives are ATA33 while the modern hard drives are ATA133.An unused drive power cable for your new drive.Standard 40-pin ATA interface cable or an 80-conductor cable if running UATA66/100 (max length: 18 inches).Phillips screwdriver and four 6-32 UNC drive mounting screws.Turn off the power to the host system before installation.Do not apply pressure or attach labels to the circuit board or the top cover of the drive.Handle the drive by the edges of the frame.Attach the wrist strap to the metal chassis of your computer. Protect the drive from static discharge by wearing a grounded wrist strap.Keep the drive in the protective anti-static container until ready to install.Install hard drive, partition drive, and troubleshooting common issues (in Steps 5, 6, and 7). Use the Master or Single Drive setting if the drive is the only drive on the ATA. Unpack everything, drives come defaulted to be ready to be installed in a single drive environment. Phillips screwdriver, four 6-32 UNC drive mounting screws and Standard 40-pin ATA.
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