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LawyerRon · 01-05-2003, 08:54 PM

Electro, your motherboard has two IDE channels, primary and secondary. Each IDE channel can support two IDE "devices".
The floppy goes on its own floppy controller plug.

You only have 4 IDE devices; your hard drive, zip, burner, and dvd.

Each IDE channel can have a "master" and a "slave".

The hard drive must be the "master" on the primary IDE channel; you can make the burner the "slave". On the secondary IDE channel you can put the DVD as master and the zip as slave if you want.

Post back if you need more help.

01-05-2003, 08:54 PM	#5
LawyerRon The Gavel Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Upland, CA Posts: 6,311	Electro, your motherboard has two IDE channels, primary and secondary. Each IDE channel can support two IDE "devices". The floppy goes on its own floppy controller plug. You only have 4 IDE devices; your hard drive, zip, burner, and dvd. Each IDE channel can have a "master" and a "slave". The hard drive must be the "master" on the primary IDE channel; you can make the burner the "slave". On the secondary IDE channel you can put the DVD as master and the zip as slave if you want. Post back if you need more help. __________________ "To speak ill of others is a dishonest way of praising ourselves"