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Old October 20th 04, 12:22 AM
Jan
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I have just pulled an old seagate HD from my pc to see if it was set as
a master or a slave.
Well it was neither...no jumpers...I have never seen this before am i
too assume its a master or ??
Please Help...any advise is appreciated.
Am installing burner and unsure what to set it too master or slave.
Thanks
jan

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Old October 20th 04, 12:47 AM
Michael Culley
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"Jan" wrote in message
news:4lhdd.793455$gE.774478@pd7tw3no...
I have just pulled an old seagate HD from my pc to see if it was set as
a master or a slave.
Well it was neither...no jumpers...I have never seen this before am i
too assume its a master or ??


No jumper means slave I believe. Just try it on it's own and see, the bios
should tell you.

Michael Culley


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Old October 20th 04, 12:49 AM
Jan
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Ugh What a dummy I am...there was a diagram right on the HD you are
correct its a slave. Thank You
Jan


Michael Culley wrote:

"Jan" wrote in message
news:4lhdd.793455$gE.774478@pd7tw3no...

I have just pulled an old seagate HD from my pc to see if it was set as
a master or a slave.
Well it was neither...no jumpers...I have never seen this before am i
too assume its a master or ??



No jumper means slave I believe. Just try it on it's own and see, the bios
should tell you.

Michael Culley



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Old October 20th 04, 01:10 AM
Michael Culley
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"Jan" wrote in message
news:cKhdd.771935$M95.390463@pd7tw1no...
Ugh What a dummy I am...there was a diagram right on the HD you are
correct its a slave. Thank You


That was the other thing I was going to suggest, yeah, check the hard drive
to see if it has a diagram ;-)

Michael Culley


 




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