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Old January 20th 14, 01:40 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware
W. eWatson[_2_]
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Default Putting a WD2500JB IDE on my XP PC

On 1/19/2014 10:28 AM, Paul wrote:
W. eWatson wrote:


I would think then that I have an IDE slave, so I should use 3-4?


If they're both WD branded, one of them would be "Master with Slave"
and the other one would be "Slave". That's when the two drives
are present on the cable.

If initially you had one WD drive, it would have been "Master only".
As it was by itself on the end of the cable. In other words, you have
to change the jumper setting on the first (existing) drive. It
needs to be changed from "Master Only" (no jumpers) to "Master with Slave".

Paul


Let's try this. The WD800BB-75 IDE drive is in the middle of the cable.
At the other end is the tray with the new WD2500JB drive in it. The
jumper on the former is set to select. Which placement is the master and
the other the slave? Where do the jumpers go on each HD?
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