Master or cable select

frankiee · 11-04-2006, 12:29 AM

I have only a single hard drive.
Can I allways use the master setting on the hard drive?
What is the "cable select" used for?

leetkyle · 11-04-2006, 12:36 AM

Yes, you can always use the master setting on the hard drive.

I have no idea what you mean by cable select though, sorry..

tlarkin · 11-04-2006, 12:50 AM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cable_select

They are just jumper settings

pdc76 · 11-04-2006, 03:15 AM

cable select makes your drives master and slave depending on where they are on the ribbon cable.

Bobo · 11-04-2006, 03:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by leetkyle

Yes, you can always use the master setting on the hard drive.

No you can't! Only if you have one drive on that cable....

It really doesn't matter what you set, as long as 2 drives aren't both set to master or slave.

jjsevdt · 11-04-2006, 04:52 AM

I always just put them on CS because it's just too much thought in figuring out which is which

pdc76 · 11-04-2006, 04:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jjsevdt

I always just put them on CS because it's just too much thought in figuring out which is which

trying to figure which is which if they're both set the same is even worse. i'd put one a master and one a slave. then, at a glance, you can see which one is which. if that's too hard, then get sata drives.

jjsevdt · 11-04-2006, 04:58 AM

I will when I can, trust me

tlarkin · 11-04-2006, 02:38 PM

some drives have to be set as master/single if there is no slave device, and when using CS, not all cables support that function. Almost any cable you buy today will have the notch in it to support CS, but not every company does that.

Also, never put an optical drive and a hard drive on the same chain. It slows down your hard drive.

11-04-2006, 12:29 AM	#1 (permalink)
frankiee Bronze Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 45	Master or cable select I have only a single hard drive. Can I allways use the master setting on the hard drive? What is the "cable select" used for?

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jjsevdt Diamond Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: San Antonio, TX Age: 25 Posts: 1,087	I will when I can, trust me __________________ C2D E6420 @ 2.13GHz on AsRock Penryn1600SLI-110dB 4GB DDR2 800 1 - 750GB \| 1 - 120GB \| 1 - 60GB HDD PNY nVidia 9600GT Vista Ultimate 64bit All Powered by: RAIDMAX HYBRID 2 530W PSU PSN: JjSeVdT Steam: JjSeVdT

11-04-2006, 12:50 AM	#3 (permalink)
tlarkin VIP Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Kansas City, MO Posts: 7,009	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cable_select They are just jumper settings

11-04-2006, 02:38 PM	#9 (permalink)
tlarkin VIP Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Kansas City, MO Posts: 7,009	some drives have to be set as master/single if there is no slave device, and when using CS, not all cables support that function. Almost any cable you buy today will have the notch in it to support CS, but not every company does that. Also, never put an optical drive and a hard drive on the same chain. It slows down your hard drive.

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