[NBLUG/talk] Re: Installfest - Sat. 3/17

[dogstar]

Also....  if the CD is the only thing on that cable, it should be jumpered to
"master" or "cable select".  Sometimes the CD has been in another computer on
a cable along with with a disk drive, and has been jumpered to "slave".  The
jumper is on the other side of the flat cable from the power plug, and there
is a diagram somewhere on the drive that shows the settings.  I have done all
these things wrong at one time or another.

= = = = = = Marty Kamp = = = = = = =

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From: Chris Wagner <waggie at waggie.net>
To: "General NBLUG chatter about anything Linux, answers to questions, etc."
<talk at nblug.org>
Sent: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 14:35:57 -0700
Subject: Re: [NBLUG/talk] Re: Installfest - Sat. 3/17

> On PATA hard drives and CDROMs, Pin 1 is almost universally oriented
> right next to the power connector, so the wire with the stripe on it
> should be next to the power connector (or closest to it, at anyrate).
> This is assuming that the cable is plugged in to the motherboard
> correctly, of course.  I've never seen a computer fried by having an 
> IDE cable plugged in opposite of how it should be.
> 
> - Chris
> 
> Steve Johnson wrote:
> >> The reason I'm posting to the list: I slapped a CD-ROM drive into one,
> >> and now it won't boot. I think I plugged a ribbon cable in backwards.
> >> Is there anyone around who can look at a ribbon cable and tell if its
> >> plugged in backwards or not? :-) I'm hoping that I haven't actually
> >> fried anything.
> >
> > Check the ribbon cable, the wire with the stripe on it is typically
> > pin 1.  Make sure it is on pin 1 on the drive.  Most drives label pin
> > 1 with a dot or the #1.. depends on the drive.
> >
> > -Steve
> >
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