Computer Problems? Computing.Net has over 1,000,000 posts about all things technology related! Over 90% answered within 24 hours! Click here to start participating now! Also, be sure to check out the New User Guide.
SATA master/slave ?
Name: lumpking69 Date: April 29, 2004 at 19:46:16 Pacific OS: xp CPU/Ram: pent 4 3.0ghz 1mb cache
Comment:
can any one explain how to work the master / slave setting with an SATA HD ? cause im not clear on how it works, and i want to ad my OS to one of my SATA drives (the larger one) and i would also like to know if im gonna have problems have'n 1 master SATA, 1 SATA slave and 2 IDE slaves ? thanks for all the help all !
Name: OtheHill Date: April 29, 2004 at 21:50:26 Pacific
Reply:
SATA doesn't have masters and slaves. There is only one drive on a controller. The IDE drives in the system will still follow the master/slave rules and constraints.
Summary: Sata hard drives don't have master/slave designations and to have two ide hard drives on a single cable means that one of them must be a master, either jumpered to master/slave or cable select. The ma...
Summary: Avun, ignore the Master/Slave labels. That is only if you are plugging the drives to use Cable Select. Don't do that. Plug the drive as I suggested in response #6. There is no such thing as a Master ...
Summary: Does anybody know if there ia a prefered setting for a DVD RW 4x Master/Slave or does it make no difference. Also is a UDMA 80 wire cable required or is a 40 wire acceptable ...
0 
