Harddrive

miahman · 13th Jul 2008, 09:32 PM

okay i need someone with more technical understanding than me to help me out.

http://www.wdc.com/en/library/eide/2579-001037.pdf

this pdf is on about setting harddrives to slave/master/cable selesct.

does that mean i can use one IDE connector cable and one power supply cable to power both.

thanks

Mac Daddy · 14th Jul 2008, 12:55 AM

Will take a look Bro and will remove the other thread for you as you requested. No worries

EDIT: There is a password on the pdf

Anyway on IDE drives and jumpers a few ways you can set them up.

You can use a single cable and set one drive as Master and one as Slave the Master drive is always the one at the end of the IDE cable. The Slave or secondary drive is the middle connector. You can also do this using CS(Cable Select) the connector the drive is plugged into determines whether it is master or slave same configuration as as above.

Using both IDE channels if you have two you can set 2 drives both as primary and secondary Master OR You can set up to 4 drives in the configurations mentioned above. In all cases each drive does require its own power supply connection.

Hope this helps

miahman · 15th Jul 2008, 07:10 PM

this helps thanks.

EDIT:

just checked the link again. i didn't need a password...................@_@

Mac Daddy · 15th Jul 2008, 07:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by miahman

this helps thanks.

EDIT:

just checked the link again. i didn't need a password...................@_@

I don't have Adobe reader installed it opened with Photoshop that's why lol .... glad this helped

miahman · 18th Jul 2008, 09:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mac Daddy

I don't have Adobe reader installed it opened with Photoshop that's why lol .... glad this helped

lol it did. but more Q's XD

for IDE i get the master business.

but how bout SATA devices. are their wires the same... or is the settings different?

(the pics i've seen only show two ends @_@)

zy · 18th Jul 2008, 10:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by miahman

lol it did. but more Q's XD

for IDE i get the master business.

but how bout SATA devices. are their wires the same... or is the settings different?

(the pics i've seen only show two ends @_@)

nopes, SATA is different. the wire is different.
and they dont have master or slave.

one port for one SATA device.

mikegas · 19th Jul 2008, 12:09 AM

SATA is point to point, serial communication. Dedicated bus that can go 3Gbps speed thus far. SAS up to 6Gbps.

Mac Daddy · 19th Jul 2008, 07:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by miahman

lol it did. but more Q's XD

for IDE i get the master business.

but how bout SATA devices. are their wires the same... or is the settings different?

(the pics i've seen only show two ends @_@)

The above posts by Mike and zy are correct. SATA is a different platform altogether. They are independent of each other which makes them useful for RAID arrays

miahman · 21st Jul 2008, 09:27 PM

then how do we set up/choose the harddrive that we want to install windows too?

(yes i'm still a NooB lol)

Chai · 21st Jul 2008, 10:57 PM

If you are not sure, unplug the second HDD. Finish installing Windows, replug the 2nd HDD.

13th Jul 2008, 09:32 PM	#1 (permalink)
miahman I'm a regular Join Date: 20 Apr 2008 Posts: 294 Reputation: 116 Rep Power: 2	Harddrive okay i need someone with more technical understanding than me to help me out. http://www.wdc.com/en/library/eide/2579-001037.pdf this pdf is on about setting harddrives to slave/master/cable selesct. does that mean i can use one IDE connector cable and one power supply cable to power both. thanks

14th Jul 2008, 12:55 AM	#2 (permalink)
Mac Daddy Pickin' Da Gitfiddle Join Date: 19 Nov 2007 Location: Canada Posts: 2,048 Reputation: 802 Rep Power: 11	Will take a look Bro and will remove the other thread for you as you requested. No worries EDIT: There is a password on the pdf Anyway on IDE drives and jumpers a few ways you can set them up. You can use a single cable and set one drive as Master and one as Slave the Master drive is always the one at the end of the IDE cable. The Slave or secondary drive is the middle connector. You can also do this using CS(Cable Select) the connector the drive is plugged into determines whether it is master or slave same configuration as as above. Using both IDE channels if you have two you can set 2 drives both as primary and secondary Master OR You can set up to 4 drives in the configurations mentioned above. In all cases each drive does require its own power supply connection. Hope this helps __________________ Last edited by Mac Daddy : 14th Jul 2008 at 03:32 AM.

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Chai Administrator Join Date: 6 Oct 2002 Location: Maranello Posts: 26,258 Reputation: 3845 Rep Power: 71	If you are not sure, unplug the second HDD. Finish installing Windows, replug the 2nd HDD. __________________ Chai (Contributor & Forum Admin) http://www.techarp.com/

15th Jul 2008, 07:10 PM	#3 (permalink)
miahman I'm a regular Join Date: 20 Apr 2008 Posts: 294 Reputation: 116 Rep Power: 2	this helps thanks. EDIT: just checked the link again. i didn't need a password...................@_@

19th Jul 2008, 12:09 AM	#7 (permalink)
mikegas Getting there Join Date: 7 May 2008 Posts: 203 Reputation: 189 Rep Power: 2	SATA is point to point, serial communication. Dedicated bus that can go 3Gbps speed thus far. SAS up to 6Gbps.

21st Jul 2008, 09:27 PM	#9 (permalink)
miahman I'm a regular Join Date: 20 Apr 2008 Posts: 294 Reputation: 116 Rep Power: 2	then how do we set up/choose the harddrive that we want to install windows too? (yes i'm still a NooB lol)