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PC Hardware in a Nutshell, 3rd Edition
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PC Hardware in a Nutshell, 3rd Edition

by Robert Bruce Thompson, Barbara Fritchman Thompson
July 2003
Beginner to intermediate content levelBeginner to intermediate
874 pages
38h 13m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Installing and Configuring an ATAPI CD-ROM Drive

ATAPI CD-ROM drives are installed just like any other ATAPI/IDE device. Other than physical installation, the only decisions you need to make are whether to install the drive on the Primary or Secondary ATA interface and whether to jumper the drive as Sole, Master, or Slave. In general, use the following guidelines:

  • On a system with one or two ATA hard drives and one ATAPI CD-ROM drive, install the first hard drive as Primary Master (PM), the second hard drive, if present, as Primary Slave (PS), and the CD-ROM drive as Secondary Master (SM).

  • On a system with three ATA hard drives and a CD-ROM drive, install the first hard drive as PM, the second hard drive as PS, the third hard drive as SM, and the CD-ROM drive as Secondary Slave (SS).

  • On a system with one or two ATA hard drives, an ATAPI CD-ROM drive, and an ATAPI tape drive, install the hard drives as explained previously, the CD-ROM drive as SM, and the tape drive as SS.

  • On a system with an ATA hard drive, an ATAPI CD-ROM drive, and an ATAPI CD writer, jumper the hard drive PM, the CD-ROM drive PS, and the CD writer SM. The goal is to have the CD writer on a different ATA channel than any drive that may be used as a source, including the CD-ROM drive and the hard drive.

  • On a system with two ATA hard drives, an ATAPI CD-ROM drive, and an ATAPI CD writer, jumper the first hard drive PM, the CD-ROM drive PS, the second hard drive SM, and the CD writer SS. Recognize that attempting to ...

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