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Re: Maxtor 7L300R0 "pri slave hdd error"
Prior to running the PwrMaxEn software this is way the drive's are set up,
WD as Master on CS, on the black slot at end of the cable
Maxtor as Slave on CS, on the grey middle slot of the cable
There was no clicking on the Slave, but it wasn't detected on the splash screen, yet it was seen in the BIOS as a Sabre.
When i set the first boot device as the DVD ROM and rebooted the slave started to click.
The software loads and i press F8 to continue, the Maxtor did click a few times while the software was looking for HDD's. The software showed the WD HDD, and the DVD RW/DVD ROM's but not the Maxtor.
Next test this is the set up of the drive's,
WD as Master on standard jumper setting's, with slave present
Maxtor as Slave, with no jumper
On start up the slave clicks but isn't detected. Pressed F8 to run the software, neither HDD is found but the software has detected both of the optical drive's.
For the sake of i tried these settings as well,
WD as Master on standard settings with slave present
Maxtor as Master
Surprise surprise neither drive was detected.
WD as Master on cable select
Maxtor as Master
Surprise surprise neither drive was detected on splash screen, but the slave clicks.
I disconnected the slave totally and started up the pc, and the WD is seen straight away with no delay, the jumper is set to cable select in this instance.
Last edited by TD9 : 05-11-2008 at 10:33 AM.
Reason: more information for clarity
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