Re: Setting up SATA HD and CD ROM - How to connect ide cable for CD-ROM


"oddvark" <dgrdinh@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hey,

I got my first SATA HD setup going. I plugged the HD to the SATA but
how should I connect the CD-ROM?.

1. Is an SATA HD still considered primary master (its my boot drive)?
2. If the CD-ROM is Secondary Master, should I plug it into the END or
MIDDLE of the IDE CABLE.
3. Should I use a 40 or 80 wire cable for the CD-ROM?
4. What confirguration would you recommend? I'm thinging HD = primary
master, cd = secondary master.

Thanks.

And "oddvark" later adds...
I would also add, that I advertantly booted the setup with the CD ROM
in cable select mode. Whats the likely hood of this damaging my
setup???


oddvark:
1. Simply stated, the Primary/Secondary Master/Slave settings do not apply
to SATA HDs as they do to PATA HDs. So forget those designations when a SATA
HD is involved.
2. If you connect your CD-ROM as Secondary Master and that device is the
*only* device on its IDE cable, it's best to connect it to the end connector
of the cable although there's generally no harm in connecting it to the
middle connector. However, if you jumper the device as Cable Select, then
the device's position on the cable is important if there's another device on
the same IDE cable and you want the optical drive as Master (and the other
device as Slave). In that situation you *should* connect the optical drive
to the end connector.
3. Let me put it this way. In one of the computer repair shops I worked in,
*all* 40-wire IDE cables we came across went in the junk bin. We used *only*
80-wire IDE cables. The cost between the two is trifling.

As to you final query...
I haven't the foggiest idea of what you're talking about.
Anna


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