- Re: IBM Deskstar hard drive
- Posted by ChrisJ9876 on May 9th, 2004
Hmmm...there seems to be an unspoken assumption here, and you know what they
say about the word assume. So I have to ask: Are both drives connected to the
same cable? Because if you have a slave and no master on the same channel
(cable) the BIOS may not detect it.
Chris
- Posted by Lil' Abner on May 9th, 2004
chrisj9876@aol.comnospam (ChrisJ9876) wrote in
news:20040509092056.17668.00000129@mb-m15.aol.com:
around, I tried reversing their roles. I made the IBM master and the
other one (Western Digital) slave. Then it could see the IBM but not the
Western Digital! It just doesn't seem to want to be on the same IDE
channel with another drive.
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I child-proofed my house but they are still getting in.
- Posted by ChrisJ9876 on May 9th, 2004
I have 2 Deskstars (20g & 40g)on the same channel, plugged master & slave, not
cable select, and they work just fine (Win98SE). Could be the WD & the IBM just
don't get along on the same channel. I vaguely recall reading something to that
effect a long time ago.
- Posted by Toshi1873 on May 10th, 2004
In article <Xns94E47DA0530AFbutter@216.196.105.138>,
blvstk@dogpatch.com says...
When you say "I made the IBM master and the other one
(Western Digital) slave"... did you
a) simply swap positions on the cable
or
b) change jumper settings on *both* drives (so that one
is master and the other is jumpered as slave)
