Where is my slave?

monkeybars · 07-22-2007, 08:51 PM

So I just got a new motherboard, and it will only recognize one of my optical drives. I've set up the IDE cable to be master on both drives individually, and they work fine, but the slave never appears. It's not recognized anywhere in the BIOS, but the one I have set up as master is called slave, which could be part of the problem, but I'm not sure how to fix it. Are there jumpers I need to change around? I assumed that was only for HDDs, but I've been wrong once before.

Either I'm missing something in the BIOS (could be likely, I'm not very experienced with BIOS workings) or the IDE cable that shipped with the motherboard is faulty.

Windows XP Pro
Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3R
Intel Core 2 Duo 6320

**BCCOMP** · 07-22-2007, 09:42 PM

On an EIDE cable one Harddrive should be jumpered as master and located at the end of the EIDE. The second Harddrive should be jumpered as slave and connected to the middle of the cable. In your BIOS check to see if it is set to AUTO in the harddrive configurations. You may also have a place in your BIOS that will auto detect Harddrives. I have also seen bad pins (jumpers) on harddrives that seem to make connections but do not. Double check to make sure you are jumping the harddrives correctly.
Thanks

monkeybars · 07-22-2007, 09:54 PM

My problem is with the optical drives, not the hard drives.

**BCCOMP** · 07-22-2007, 10:14 PM

The same setup applies to your optical drives. One should be set as Master, the other as Slave via jumpers and connected to the EIDE cable as discribed in my previous post. Sorry for the confusion. Your BIOS should auto detect these. Just be sure your BIOS is set to auto. Hope this helps
Thanks

Tumbleweed36 · 07-23-2007, 04:29 AM

Back up a minute and do a double check.

First of all, make sure the Hard Drive you have on the same cable with the CDRom is set properly before you add the CDRom. That hard drive should have the jumpers set to master (they are set to Cable Select coming from the factory), then make sure it is on the END of the ribbon cable. Then, set the CDRom jumpers to Slave and place it on the middle connector of the ribbon cable.

Make sure your hard drive cables are 80 connector cables and not th eold 40 connector cables.

07-22-2007, 08:51 PM	#1 (permalink)
monkeybars Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 13 OS: XP	Where is my slave? So I just got a new motherboard, and it will only recognize one of my optical drives. I've set up the IDE cable to be master on both drives individually, and they work fine, but the slave never appears. It's not recognized anywhere in the BIOS, but the one I have set up as master is called slave, which could be part of the problem, but I'm not sure how to fix it. Are there jumpers I need to change around? I assumed that was only for HDDs, but I've been wrong once before. Either I'm missing something in the BIOS (could be likely, I'm not very experienced with BIOS workings) or the IDE cable that shipped with the motherboard is faulty. Windows XP Pro Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3R Intel Core 2 Duo 6320

07-22-2007, 09:42 PM	#2 (permalink)
BCCOMP Mod Hardware Team Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: New York Posts: 7,025 OS: Win XP SP3 / Windows 7 Beta / Open Suse My System	Re: Where is my slave? On an EIDE cable one Harddrive should be jumpered as master and located at the end of the EIDE. The second Harddrive should be jumpered as slave and connected to the middle of the cable. In your BIOS check to see if it is set to AUTO in the harddrive configurations. You may also have a place in your BIOS that will auto detect Harddrives. I have also seen bad pins (jumpers) on harddrives that seem to make connections but do not. Double check to make sure you are jumping the harddrives correctly. Thanks

07-22-2007, 09:54 PM	#3 (permalink)
monkeybars Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 13 OS: XP	Re: Where is my slave? My problem is with the optical drives, not the hard drives.

07-22-2007, 10:14 PM	#4 (permalink)
BCCOMP Mod Hardware Team Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: New York Posts: 7,025 OS: Win XP SP3 / Windows 7 Beta / Open Suse My System	Re: Where is my slave? The same setup applies to your optical drives. One should be set as Master, the other as Slave via jumpers and connected to the EIDE cable as discribed in my previous post. Sorry for the confusion. Your BIOS should auto detect these. Just be sure your BIOS is set to auto. Hope this helps Thanks Last edited by BCCOMP; 07-22-2007 at 10:15 PM.

07-23-2007, 04:29 AM	#5 (permalink)
Tumbleweed36 Asst Manager Hardware Join Date: May 2005 Location: USA Posts: 19,650 OS: XP Professional	Re: Where is my slave? Back up a minute and do a double check. First of all, make sure the Hard Drive you have on the same cable with the CDRom is set properly before you add the CDRom. That hard drive should have the jumpers set to master (they are set to Cable Select coming from the factory), then make sure it is on the END of the ribbon cable. Then, set the CDRom jumpers to Slave and place it on the middle connector of the ribbon cable. Make sure your hard drive cables are 80 connector cables and not th eold 40 connector cables. __________________ ---------- I don't receive email notifications of replies to subscribed threads. (Internet provider policy) Therefore, if I don't respond to your post within 24 hours, please send me a reminder PM and include the link to your thread.