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gildedtomb · 07-04-2009, 02:00 AM

ok... there are two ide cables ...one has got a blue , black , and a gray coloured jumper .... i think the blue goes to the mother board while the middle jumper that is the gray one is for master drive (my hard drive) and the end of the ide cable having the balck jumper goes to the slave drive (my dvd rom).....i tried this combination it does not work.....i have tried without connecting the dvd rom ....still does not work.

i have another ide cable having all balck jumpers...i connected one end to the motherboard and then tried the middle jumper and the end jumper one after anohter ....still does not work...

i have a maxtor brand hard drive...(if that helps anyone)

on motherboard there are two places(or sockets) where you can put the jumpers (one is white the other is black) ...i would like to know the differnce between them...if anyone could help me out..

07-04-2009, 02:00 AM	#8 (permalink)
gildedtomb Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 3 OS: xp	Re: my system wont boot after removal of cd rom ok... there are two ide cables ...one has got a blue , black , and a gray coloured jumper .... i think the blue goes to the mother board while the middle jumper that is the gray one is for master drive (my hard drive) and the end of the ide cable having the balck jumper goes to the slave drive (my dvd rom).....i tried this combination it does not work.....i have tried without connecting the dvd rom ....still does not work. i have another ide cable having all balck jumpers...i connected one end to the motherboard and then tried the middle jumper and the end jumper one after anohter ....still does not work... i have a maxtor brand hard drive...(if that helps anyone) on motherboard there are two places(or sockets) where you can put the jumpers (one is white the other is black) ...i would like to know the differnce between them...if anyone could help me out..