I recently pulled the hard drive out of my 5 year old Dell Dimension 4100. I want to change it from master to slave so that I can reformat it and put it in my new computer. Unfortunately, the pins are not labeled. The hard drive is labeled as a Quantum Fireball Plus LM. Does anybody have a similar drive who can tell me which pins are slave on theirs? Thanks.
Slave Position
- Thread starter BarePaw
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That's a Maxtor drive where you have to go strictly by their chart to set the jumpers according to use. The chart can be seen at https://www.maxtor.com/_files/maxto...per_settings/fireball_plus_lm_ata_jumpers.pdf
Look over their docs to see if that is al least an ATA100 model drive not ATA66 otherwise it probably won't run correctly.
Look over their docs to see if that is al least an ATA100 model drive not ATA66 otherwise it probably won't run correctly.
DCIScouts
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Well, I'm not sure that's totally true, I've used a lot of drives as slaves that I just left the jumpers off completely. Don't know if I've been lucky, but it's been several different drives of different sizes and brands... From what I can determine, it looks like they just default to slave if there's no jumper on the drive...
Unfortunately Maxtor is a slightly different animal to work with compared to Seagate and Western Digital drives. The default position is stand alone assuming that is the only drive in the case. The slave with master present or cable select would be the best two to try out there.
The other thing to note when reading further is the ATA66 and mention of 95, 98, and NT. There's no 2000 or XP mentioned due to that model being made prior to 1999 for the smaller upto 15gb models and then seeing the largest later at 30gb. Even by removing all of the jumper pins newer boards since that time generally require ATA100 capable drives.
The other thing to note when reading further is the ATA66 and mention of 95, 98, and NT. There's no 2000 or XP mentioned due to that model being made prior to 1999 for the smaller upto 15gb models and then seeing the largest later at 30gb. Even by removing all of the jumper pins newer boards since that time generally require ATA100 capable drives.
OvenMaster
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Try here:
http://www.maxtor.com/portal/site/M...ktop+Storage/Quantum®+Drives/Fireball+Plus+LM
for Quantum Fireball LM info
Select "Jumper Settings" in the dropdown box. The jumper settings are on page 2 of the PDF file.
Tom
http://www.maxtor.com/portal/site/M...ktop+Storage/Quantum®+Drives/Fireball+Plus+LM
for Quantum Fireball LM info
Select "Jumper Settings" in the dropdown box. The jumper settings are on page 2 of the PDF file.Tom
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I already saved the time by using that dropdown product selector to go to the pdf information. The link above is page #1. The real problem with the ATA66 drive there is will it be usable on an ATA100 board? Where ATA133 drives are backward to ATA100 most boards require the 100 and will see problems running the older drives. If you have problems after installing it this will most likely be the primary cause besides a failing drive.