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Troubleshooting
Drive Connection Tips
1.
If you have two drives, connect one per channel.
2.
The performance of IBM ATA 133 RAID controller is best with one drive per
channel.
3.
Use the same type of drives or drives with similar capability (in terms of speed and
capacity).
4.
Do not use dissimilar drives on the same channel.
5.
Always use 80-conductor Ultra ATA-100/133 cables.
6.
Ensure that proper jumper settings are used for Master and Slave in each channel.
You have the option of using the Cable Select (CS) jumper setting and letting the
ATA-100/133 cable set the address.
7.
Do not connect any ATAPI devices (CD, ZIP, LS120 etc.) to the IBM IDE
controller.
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