Whoa, that's a lot of information to take in at once. Pretty much just leave everything in their default places, you rarely run into problems like that. The only jumper setting you should need to worry about is Master (MA), Slave (SL), and Cable Select (CS). Master is for if you have only one drive, or the drive at the end of the cable. Slave is for a drive that sits on the middle connector of the cable. Position of the drive is important, you NEVER want to have a Master drive connected to the middle connector, it should always be at the end of the line. Likewise, Slaves should always be in the middle. Never use the Cable Select setting in a Macintosh. I've never known anyone to try it, but it is supposed to be big bad voodoo if you do.
One thing to look out for on Western Digital drives (and a few others, check the manual) is that the WD drives also have a fourth setting - Single. Most drives have you set the drive to Master if it is the only one, the WD have you set it to Single mode. Hope this helps. -Robyn On Wednesday, January 29, 2003, at 03:51 PM, Mark Jay Mirsky wrote: > Following the general opinion of the List, I invested in an ATA 66 > card and > an IBM 80 gig drive but I am cnfused by the Master and Slave options > on the > back of the IBM ,and the other distinctions, the Device O, Device 1, > the > Cable Select, Forcing DEV. 1, present, Auto Spin Disable, and the 15 > heads > verses 32 GB clip rows. Can anyone enlighten this novice? -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
