Installing 2nd IDE drive as Master / Slave Configuration using jumpers

Some time I see people asking for solution how to install 2nd IDE driver under one channel ?? It could be a 2nd Hard Disk or a 2nd Optical drive as Writer of ROM….

Here is a Basic Guide for that…

You need to open up your desktop cabinet, locate your IDE Cable… You IDE cable (Standard one) would look like this,

IDE Cable

One standard IDE Hard drive may look like this,

IDE Hard Disk

Back of a Optical Storage drive (CD / DVD ROM / Writer) may look like this,

Optical drive

Now this is a diagram in which the IDE drives will be connected….

Master Slave

Once you have connected all the wires, this is the jumper settings you may need to follow…

Jumper configuration for IDE drives !!!

Your system will detect them both now without any issue..

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Choto Cheeta on August 29, 2007 | Filed Under Computer, Hardware

3 Comments

RATAN PODDAR  on September 30th, 2007

Good one

more on jumper setting can be better

Thanks

d west  on April 4th, 2008

thnx for tip!
vet builder, but never tried 2 ide’s before (dvd & dvdrw).

recent build:

Processor: Genuine Intel(R) CPU 2140 @ 1.60GHz (2 CPUs)
Memory: 2046MB RAM
Hard Drive: 80 GB
Video Card: ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro (512mb)
Monitor: Plug and Play Monitor
Sound Card: SigmaTel Audio
Speakers/Headphones:
Keyboard: USB Root Hub
Mouse: USB Root Hub
Mouse Surface:
Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.070227-2254)
….it’s not much, but i can finally run Doom III smooth @ high quality.
the game really is outstanding.

anand  on May 3rd, 2010

is their any comand to check lan card is working or not

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