OT: IDE issues

[Jonathan Hutchins]

Quoting Steven Elling <ellings at kcnet.com>: 
 
> Some older systems were particular to where you put the master and slave  
> drives on the same cable.  I've had systems that would not power up the  
> drives if they were not in the right order.  You may be having the same  
> problem. 
  
> Try putting the master on the outside and the slave on the inside of the IDE 
> cable. 
  
> I always use the rule "Master Out. Slave In." 
 
This shouldn't matter unless the cable is a "cable select" cable.  A lot of 
branded systems (Compaq, Dell, etc.) are starting to use this.  As I recall, 
it's as simple as using a hole punch to "break" two of the lines in the ribon 
cable between the second and third connectors. 
 
Many older drives didn't have "CS" as an address option, but if you jumper for 
master and put the drive in the right place it works anyway, if your jumper 
settings and cable position don't match it won't work (on a CS cable). 
 
Usually CS cables are marked. 
 
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