Master Ofr Slave Matter Where They

[shanenin]

If I have one harddrive set to master, and I have a second set to slave, does it matter where on the ide cable they are plugged in? will the drive set to master be at hd0 no matter what postition on the cable it is(the end or the middle)?

[mikex]

I think it does matter.

Master is the end of the cable and the slave is the mid connection.

M

[shanenin]

I think it does matter.

Master is the end of the cable and the slave is the mid connection.

M

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Thats what I did to be safe, but was not sure if it was really nessesary.

[mikex]

Sometime better safe than....well hell don't want to waste time getting in the case if not needed.

Mike

[murtu52]

I think the position of the clip on the harddrive differs from company to company, though i don't have any evidence to back it up...

[Chappy]

Hi shanenin

Yes it does matter, the Master must always be at the top of the IDE chain.

Cable Select works in this way, it takes the HDD at the top of the IDE and sets it at Master and the middle HDD is set to Slave automatically, without using jumpers to make the selection.

[shanenin]

if you do not use cable select, and manually set them master and slave, then does it matter?

[Chappy]

if you do not use cable select, and manually set them master and slave, then does it matter?

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Yes, it still matters. Thats what I was trying to say, I just used Cable Select as an example of the IDE chain workings.

The Master disk must be at the top of the chain.