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Gruneun · 07-13-2004, 12:24 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by dominic

sounds interesting.....

one question, how do you set your hard drive to single drive? all the ones i have ever seen have 3 jumper settings, Master (M), Slave (S), and Cable Select (CS)?

do you just mean cable select, or no jumpers at all??

On the drive itself, the jumpers for Master and Single are usually the same. He means changing a BIOS setting that tells the motherboard not to look for another drive. Otherwise, the BIOS quickly finds the drive and spends additional time polling for a possible second drive. By explicitly telling it not to look for a second drive, that time isn't wasted.

07-13-2004, 12:24 PM	#15
Gruneun Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Frederick, MD Posts: 99	Quote: Originally Posted by dominic sounds interesting..... one question, how do you set your hard drive to single drive? all the ones i have ever seen have 3 jumper settings, Master (M), Slave (S), and Cable Select (CS)? do you just mean cable select, or no jumpers at all?? On the drive itself, the jumpers for Master and Single are usually the same. He means changing a BIOS setting that tells the motherboard not to look for another drive. Otherwise, the BIOS quickly finds the drive and spends additional time polling for a possible second drive. By explicitly telling it not to look for a second drive, that time isn't wasted.