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It has just come to my attention that manufactures label their 2 device IDE
cables with the Slave in the middle and the Master at the end of the cable.
Considering the fact that most peoples CDROM/DVD drives are physically above
the hard drives, this creates a small cable routing problem.
So, 2 questions....
1) Would it be OK to make my CDROM/DVD the master and hard drive the slave
to make the connection easier....if not, why ?????
2) Does it really matter if I plug a CDROM/DVD (slave) in the connector on
the cable marked MASTER.....and....vice/versa....can I plug the Hard Drives
(master) into the connector marked SLAVE ????
confused...thanks
It has just come to my attention that manufactures label their 2 device IDE
cables with the Slave in the middle and the Master at the end of the cable.
Considering the fact that most peoples CDROM/DVD drives are physically above
the hard drives, this creates a small cable routing problem.
So, 2 questions....
1) Would it be OK to make my CDROM/DVD the master and hard drive the slave
to make the connection easier....if not, why ?????
2) Does it really matter if I plug a CDROM/DVD (slave) in the connector on
the cable marked MASTER.....and....vice/versa....can I plug the Hard Drives
(master) into the connector marked SLAVE ????
confused...thanks