Connecting SATA and IDE DVD drives in the same computer

[kd5]

Motherboard has 2 SATA ports and the standard IDE connectors. Currently using a SATA hard drive and 2 IDE DVD drives. The DVD Burner (Master) died, replacing it with a SATA DVD Burner. Connecting the SATA DVD drive is not an issue. Question is: Would I connect the secondary DVD drive to the MASTER or Slave connector on the IDE cable? Seems like it should be simple but apparently I'm having a brain fart.

Thanks!

 

[dave_the_nerd]

If you have a single device on an IDE chain, it should be the master.

Make sure the jumper settings on the drive are also configured for Master or Cable Select operation.

 

[piasabird]

What is IDE? I am trying real hard to forget IDE. It might be time to upgrade the motherboard, etc. Plug it in and either it will work or you guessed wrong. I would be guessing. Well, I guess you already unplugged everything. I would try the master or use a singe IDE plug with no slave if you have one laying around.

 

[kd5]

If you have a single device on an IDE chain, it should be the master.

Make sure the jumper settings on the drive are also configured for Master or Cable Select operation.

Thank you, that helps alot!

What is IDE? I am trying real hard to forget IDE. It might be time to upgrade the motherboard, etc. Plug it in and either it will work or you guessed wrong. I would be guessing. Well, I guess you already unplugged everything. I would try the master or use a singe IDE plug with no slave if you have one laying around.

Thank you but that doesn't help at all.

 

[LTC8K6]

Why not get a SATA port card and upgrade to all SATA drives and stop messing with giant cables and jumpers? :biggrin:

http://www.amazon.com/Semlos-Intern...sim_147_6?ie=UTF8&refRID=106VYQ3R89AZ3MJ1T9RV

 

[lucklessgorath]

If a single drive you want master. There is two ways to do it.

1. Use cable select.
a Set the jumper on the back of the DVD drive to cable select.
b Use the last connector on the IDE cable. This is the master connector when using cable select. The middle connector is the slave.

2. Use jumpers to set master/slave configuration.
a Set the jumper on the back of the DVD to master
b That's it. It doesn't matter which connector on the cable you use.

The accepted practice though is to use cable select. If you set all the jumpers to cable select before you put the drives in the case you don't have to ever mess with the jumpers again.

 

[mfenn]

. If you set all the jumpers to cable select before you put the drives in the case you don't have to ever mess with the jumpers again.

*Assuming you are using 80-conductor ribbon cables. CS doesn't work reliably with the 40-conductor ones.