Master/slave vs. cable select

[tuki99]

Can someone please tell me the pros and cons of these two choices? I've always set my drives for master/slave, but I have a situation with my hard drives and it was suggested I set the drives to cable select.

Running WinXP on an Athlon system. All my hard drives are Maxtors, various sizes and speeds, and purchased at different times.

Thanks.

 

[BiggaBug]

oooo very good question!

 

[JuanDixon]

What does cable select do?

 

[Biggs]

Touch Me

 

[Bovinicus]

Don't bother with cable select. The only advantage is that you don't have to mess with jumpers when installing a drive. Since you have to mess with jumpers to set it to CS in the first place, I see no reason to do so. If it is fixing a problem you are suffering from, then stick with it. If not, master and slave work fine. Always put harddrives on master.