Question... Hard drives and ROM configurations...
Moderator: Thanas
Question... Hard drives and ROM configurations...
I reformatted a computer, and now it freezes when I put a disk in the rom drive. I'm pretty sure it's a problem with the master/slave settings, so what is the best way to set this up? I have 2 rom drives and 2 hard drives. Which ones should be the masters and slaves? I put the jumpers on the roms to CS.
Personally, I hard set the jumpers on each drive to Master or Slave instead of using CS.
But that's because I'm an old fashioned kind of guy.
Back when I ran a PATA setup, I made both hard drives the master on their respective channels and made the opticals the slaves.
However I do recall having a problem with an optical not being detected until I flashed the motherboard with a BIOS update.
If you're having problems, make sure that both your mobo and your optical drives are running the latest firmware/BIOS.
But that's because I'm an old fashioned kind of guy.
Back when I ran a PATA setup, I made both hard drives the master on their respective channels and made the opticals the slaves.
However I do recall having a problem with an optical not being detected until I flashed the motherboard with a BIOS update.
If you're having problems, make sure that both your mobo and your optical drives are running the latest firmware/BIOS.
"You say that it is your custom to burn widows. Very well. We also have a custom: when men burn a woman alive, we tie a rope around their necks and we hang them. Build your funeral pyre; beside it, my carpenters will build a gallows. You may follow your custom. And then we will follow ours."- General Sir Charles Napier
Oderint dum metuant
Oderint dum metuant
- Uraniun235
- Emperor's Hand
- Posts: 13772
- Joined: 2002-09-12 12:47am
- Location: OREGON
- Contact:
Re: Question... Hard drives and ROM configurations...
What are the jumpers on the hard drives set to?Superman wrote:I reformatted a computer, and now it freezes when I put a disk in the rom drive. I'm pretty sure it's a problem with the master/slave settings, so what is the best way to set this up? I have 2 rom drives and 2 hard drives. Which ones should be the masters and slaves? I put the jumpers on the roms to CS.
CS stands for Cable Select, and it means that the device will automatically determine whether it is Master or Slave by its position on the cable. The middle connector is Slave; the end connector is Master.
I'm pretty sure that if, for example, you set the CD-ROM on CS and plugged the end connector into it, and set the hard drive to Master and plugged it into the middle connector, it would cause Problems, because both devices would be trying to be Master.
Generally I've found that if you're going to go CS, you should set all of your devices to CS. It's really much simpler that way.
"There is no "taboo" on using nuclear weapons." -Julhelm
What is Project Zohar?
"On a serious note (well not really) I did sometimes jump in and rate nBSG episodes a '5' before the episode even aired or I saw it." - RogueIce explaining that episode ratings on SDN tv show threads are bunk
"On a serious note (well not really) I did sometimes jump in and rate nBSG episodes a '5' before the episode even aired or I saw it." - RogueIce explaining that episode ratings on SDN tv show threads are bunk
Re: Question... Hard drives and ROM configurations...
I'll set the Roms to CS, but what do I do with the drives? Do they have to be configured?Uraniun235 wrote:Generally I've found that if you're going to go CS, you should set all of your devices to CS. It's really much simpler that way.
Yes.
Most all hard drives have a diagram on the label that tells the jumper positions needed for Master/Slave/Cable Select settings.
Most all hard drives have a diagram on the label that tells the jumper positions needed for Master/Slave/Cable Select settings.
"You say that it is your custom to burn widows. Very well. We also have a custom: when men burn a woman alive, we tie a rope around their necks and we hang them. Build your funeral pyre; beside it, my carpenters will build a gallows. You may follow your custom. And then we will follow ours."- General Sir Charles Napier
Oderint dum metuant
Oderint dum metuant
Do you have it set up the way you describe:
First, go into the BIOS and make sure that the drive settings are on 'auto' for each IDE channel.
Second, while I doubt that it's a cable because your HD's are working, but you can replace the cables to eliminate that possibility.
Third, if you've set everything on CS and it's not working, reset the jumpers to hard code Master/Slave on the respective drives.
BTW, which motherboard are you using?
Sometimes there are known issues with certain hardware combos that later get resolved in BIOS/Firmware updates.
If so, this is what I'd try.Primary Master= HD with operating system
Secondary Master=other hard drive
primary slave=rom
secondary slave=rom
First, go into the BIOS and make sure that the drive settings are on 'auto' for each IDE channel.
Second, while I doubt that it's a cable because your HD's are working, but you can replace the cables to eliminate that possibility.
Third, if you've set everything on CS and it's not working, reset the jumpers to hard code Master/Slave on the respective drives.
BTW, which motherboard are you using?
Sometimes there are known issues with certain hardware combos that later get resolved in BIOS/Firmware updates.
"You say that it is your custom to burn widows. Very well. We also have a custom: when men burn a woman alive, we tie a rope around their necks and we hang them. Build your funeral pyre; beside it, my carpenters will build a gallows. You may follow your custom. And then we will follow ours."- General Sir Charles Napier
Oderint dum metuant
Oderint dum metuant