Is This OK?

[Scott en Aztlán]

I just received a new computer system that was built and configured by
the (mail-order) company that sold it to me. The system has one HD and
one CD-ROM drive; the HD is connected to the primary IDE interface,
and the CD-ROM is connected to the secondary IDE interface. The BIOS
reports both the HD and the CD-ROM are configured as SLAVE - not
MASTER as I would have expected.

Why would someone do this? Is there a valid reason, or is this just
sloppy work on the part of the person who put everything together?
Should I take it all apart and re-jumper the drives as MASTER?

Thanks for your help!

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"I believe that forgiving [terrorists] is God's function.
Our job is to arrange the meeting."
- Norman Schwartzkopf

[Charles Howse]

In comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc Scott en Aztlán <slothkills@noyahoospam.com> wrote: I just received a new computer system that was built and configured by the (mail-order) company that sold it to me. The system has one HD and one CD-ROM drive; the HD is connected to the primary IDE interface, and the CD-ROM is connected to the secondary IDE interface. The BIOS reports both the HD and the CD-ROM are configured as SLAVE - not MASTER as I would have expected.
Why would someone do this? Is there a valid reason, or is this just sloppy work on the part of the person who put everything together? Should I take it all apart and re-jumper the drives as MASTER?

If it works, it does not matter. The only problem is that sometimes
(rarely) it does not work. Maybe these things were jumerd wrong
or it is cable-select (often that factory default) and they were put
on the "slave" connector.

Arno
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[Scott en Aztlán]

On 16 Oct 2004 03:06:42 GMT, Arno Wagner <me@privacy.net> wrote:
Why would someone do this? Is there a valid reason, or is this just sloppy work on the part of the person who put everything together? Should I take it all apart and re-jumper the drives as MASTER?If it works, it does not matter.

It's working fine, so I guess I won't worry about it. ;)

Thanks for your help!

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"I believe that forgiving [terrorists] is God's function.
Our job is to arrange the meeting."
- Norman Schwartzkopf

[Chris Hill]

On Fri, 15 Oct 2004 19:29:29 -0700, Scott en Aztlán
<slothkills@NOyahooSPAM.com> wrote:
I just received a new computer system that was built and configured bythe (mail-order) company that sold it to me. The system has one HD andone CD-ROM drive; the HD is connected to the primary IDE interface,and the CD-ROM is connected to the secondary IDE interface. The BIOSreports both the HD and the CD-ROM are configured as SLAVE - notMASTER as I would have expected.Why would someone do this? Is there a valid reason, or is this justsloppy work on the part of the person who put everything together?Should I take it all apart and re-jumper the drives as MASTER?

I would. Of course, I want things done right, not just working.

[K Doty]

Make sure your HD pin on the back of the HArd Drive is set as master.Try
that. also set your CD rom as master also
"Scott en Aztlán" <slothkills@NOyahooSPAM.com> wrote in message
news:6l11n0hapjbptbkma4sijuvga9pd5mj1c3@4ax.com...I just received a new computer system that was built and configured by the (mail-order) company that sold it to me. The system has one HD and one CD-ROM drive; the HD is connected to the primary IDE interface, and the CD-ROM is connected to the secondary IDE interface. The BIOS reports both the HD and the CD-ROM are configured as SLAVE - not MASTER as I would have expected. Why would someone do this? Is there a valid reason, or is this just sloppy work on the part of the person who put everything together? Should I take it all apart and re-jumper the drives as MASTER? Thanks for your help! -- "I believe that forgiving [terrorists] is God's function. Our job is to arrange the meeting." - Norman Schwartzkopf