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Step 2. Unpacking the drive
1. Before opening the antistatic bag that the drive is packed in, touch the bag to
2. Remove the drive from the bag.
Step 3. Setting the configuration jumpers
You can configure your drive as master 1 , slave 2 , or cable-select 3 , by
placing the jumper over the configuration pins as shown.
Use the following guidelines to determine the correct configuration for your
CD-RW/DVD-ROM Combination Drive.
v Configure the CD-RW/DVD-ROM Combination Drive as a master if it will be
v Configure the CD-RW/DVD-ROM Combination Drive as a slave if it will be the
v Some non-IBM computers use special ATA cables with two wires reversed in the
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an unpainted metal surface for at least two seconds. This drains the static
electricity from the package and your body.
If you must put the drive down, place the antistatic bag on a flat, padded
surface, such as a magazine, and place the drive on the antistatic bag.
the only device that is connected to the IDE cable. This is the preset
configuration.
second device on an IDE cable. Be sure to configure the other device as a master.
In some cases, a hard disk drive might require a "master with slave present"
jumper setting when another device on the same cable is configured as a slave.
For more information on setting configuration jumpers on other devices, refer to
the documentation that comes with your computer.
device connectors so that the drives can be configured by the cable instead of by
jumper position. Use the cable-select position only for computers that are
equipped with these special cables. See the documentation that comes with your
computer to determine if your ATA adapter requires that you place the jumpers
in the cable-select position.
If you place the jumper in the cable-select position, the IDE cable automatically
assigns the master and slave settings based on the position of the drive on the
cable. You must use the cable-select setting for this cabling system whether the
CD-RW/DVD-ROM Combination Drive is the only device or the second device
connected to the cable. The drive closest to the IDE controller is automatically
the master drive. Any other devices on the IDE cable must also be set to
cable-select.
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