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installing a hard drive as a slave
I am fairliy novice at computer installs but i have read a lot of literature
on installing a hard drive the only thing im not sure of is the little pins on the back for configuration of master no slave or slave to master or two other settings i went on the web site but still un clear of which two pins two bridge Quantem fireball se is the make of the hard drive only want to store mp3 and jpeg gif images thanks alot phatboy |
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"phatboy" wrote in message news I am fairliy novice at computer installs but i have read a lot of literature on installing a hard drive the only thing im not sure of is the little pins on the back for configuration of master no slave or slave to master or two other settings i went on the web site but still un clear of which two pins two bridge Quantem fireball se is the make of the hard drive only want to store mp3 and jpeg gif images thanks alot phatboy What you need to do is to take your hard disk and look carefully at the label it has some pictures that show you which pins are where and what exactly they mean you then pick then one that says "Slave" and place the pins accordingly if you you get them wrong then your PC simply won't recognise the disks if this happens then you can try another setting until you succeed by the way have you ever considered how readability improves when you use standard punctuation and a spelling checker people will pay you a lot more respect when you make this little effort. |
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Thanks alot for the advice and the tip .Will try both and let you know how i
fair out. "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote: "phatboy" wrote in message news I am fairliy novice at computer installs but i have read a lot of literature on installing a hard drive the only thing im not sure of is the little pins on the back for configuration of master no slave or slave to master or two other settings i went on the web site but still un clear of which two pins two bridge Quantem fireball se is the make of the hard drive only want to store mp3 and jpeg gif images thanks alot phatboy What you need to do is to take your hard disk and look carefully at the label it has some pictures that show you which pins are where and what exactly they mean you then pick then one that says "Slave" and place the pins accordingly if you you get them wrong then your PC simply won't recognise the disks if this happens then you can try another setting until you succeed by the way have you ever considered how readability improves when you use standard punctuation and a spelling checker people will pay you a lot more respect when you make this little effort. |
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Remember that when you add an extra drive as a slave it is sometimes
necessary to change the first drive to "master". -- Regards, Richard Urban aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard :-) If you knew as much as you think you know, You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew! "phatboy" wrote in message ... Thanks alot for the advice and the tip .Will try both and let you know how i fair out. "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote: "phatboy" wrote in message news I am fairliy novice at computer installs but i have read a lot of literature on installing a hard drive the only thing im not sure of is the little pins on the back for configuration of master no slave or slave to master or two other settings i went on the web site but still un clear of which two pins two bridge Quantem fireball se is the make of the hard drive only want to store mp3 and jpeg gif images thanks alot phatboy What you need to do is to take your hard disk and look carefully at the label it has some pictures that show you which pins are where and what exactly they mean you then pick then one that says "Slave" and place the pins accordingly if you you get them wrong then your PC simply won't recognise the disks if this happens then you can try another setting until you succeed by the way have you ever considered how readability improves when you use standard punctuation and a spelling checker people will pay you a lot more respect when you make this little effort. |
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the "jumper" settings should be shown in a diagram on the actual disk drive
itself as in what position the jumper switch things should be in for the various setting i.e. "Slave" or "master". "phatboy" wrote in message news I am fairliy novice at computer installs but i have read a lot of literature on installing a hard drive the only thing im not sure of is the little pins on the back for configuration of master no slave or slave to master or two other settings i went on the web site but still un clear of which two pins two bridge Quantem fireball se is the make of the hard drive only want to store mp3 and jpeg gif images thanks alot phatboy |
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