set jumper for
Samsung as Master and master on ribbon cable
Maxtor as slave and slave on ribbon cable

OR

set jumper for
Samsunsung as Cable Select and master on ribbon cable
Maxtor as Cable Select and slave on ribbon cable

"mk" wrote:

> Just to add to my last post: I tried switching the ribbon cable, using the
> "primary master" end on the Maxtor drive and the "primary slave" end on the
> Samsung drive and both drives were recognized. But I would still like the
> Primary Master to be the Samsung drive.
>
> "mk" <mk@unknown.net> wrote in message
> news:Osg9EbvAGHA.740@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> >I have a Dell dimension 4100 with the original primary master 10GB Maxtor
> >hard drive and a primary slave 60GB Maxtor drive. The 60GB drive was added
> >a few years ago. The OS is Win XP Pro and resides on the 60 GB drive. All
> >has worked well for years.
> >
> > I just moved the 60GB drive to a new computer and replaced it with another
> > hard drive (30GB Samsung) in the original Dell computer. I changed the
> > drives so that the Samsung drive would be the primary master and the
> > Maxtor 10GB the primary slave. However, the bios will only acknowledge
> > the primary slave position, no matter which drive I connect to it. I have
> > tried the jumpers in both the Master/Slave and Cable Select positions.
> > Previously it was set up in the Cable Select jumper positions.
> >
> > Why won't the bios now recognize the Primary Master position? Can anyone
> > give me some ideas?
> >
>
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