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Tumbleweed36 · 05-09-2008, 05:26 AM

If you have both on one ribbon cable, you must have both set the same as far as jumpers. For example, if one is Master, the other one must be slave. If one is cable select, then both must be cable select if on the same cable. Set the main drive as Master on the end of the ribbon cable and then other as slave on the middle connector. If on separate channels (IDE primary, and IDE Secondary), then I need to know that so I can make sure you are hooked up the same way. That does make a difference, and I hope you have an 80 connector cable and not one of the 40 connector cables.

05-09-2008, 05:26 AM	#4 (permalink)
Tumbleweed36 Asst Manager Hardware Join Date: May 2005 Location: USA Posts: 12,821 OS: XP Professional	Re: Maxtor 7L300R0 "pri slave hdd error" If you have both on one ribbon cable, you must have both set the same as far as jumpers. For example, if one is Master, the other one must be slave. If one is cable select, then both must be cable select if on the same cable. Set the main drive as Master on the end of the ribbon cable and then other as slave on the middle connector. If on separate channels (IDE primary, and IDE Secondary), then I need to know that so I can make sure you are hooked up the same way. That does make a difference, and I hope you have an 80 connector cable and not one of the 40 connector cables. __________________ ----------