Is it set as Master or Slave ?

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I have a CD drive and also a DVD drive on my PC (WinXP Home).
Is there a way to tell if they are set as Master or Slave without
dismantling to check the jumpers ?

Jim Hawkins
 
Jim Hawkins said:
I have a CD drive and also a DVD drive on my PC (WinXP Home).
Is there a way to tell if they are set as Master or Slave without
dismantling to check the jumpers ?

Jim Hawkins
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A Torch and small Mirror.
 
Jim said:
I have a CD drive and also a DVD drive on my PC (WinXP Home).
Is there a way to tell if they are set as Master or Slave without
dismantling to check the jumpers ?

Jim Hawkins
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I know that if you have Plextor drives you can run a free application
called Plextools Professional that will tell you how IDE optical devices
are jumpered. What I don't know is if the application will work with
other manufacturer's drives. But since it is free it probably wouldn't
hurt to download it and give it a shot. On the other hand opening the
case and taking a look might be even quicker.
 
Jim said:
I have a CD drive and also a DVD drive on my PC (WinXP Home).
Is there a way to tell if they are set as Master or Slave without
dismantling to check the jumpers ?

Jim Hawkins
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Yes
just watch your bios messages
 
John McGaw said:
I know that if you have Plextor drives you can run a free application
called Plextools Professional that will tell you how IDE optical devices
are jumpered. What I don't know is if the application will work with other
manufacturer's drives. But since it is free it probably wouldn't hurt to
download it and give it a shot. On the other hand opening the case and
taking a look might be even quicker.
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Thanks for that John.
I downloaded Plextools Professional LE and ran it, but unfortunately it
appears
to work only with Plextor drives. But scanning the Help file, it looks a
very handy
utility. I think I may well go for Plextor drives in future, I don't know of
any other
drive manufacturer that provides such a utility.
I thought SiSoft Sandra Pro. might tell me jumper settings, but unless I'm
missing
something it doesn't appear to.
Guess I'll have to open the beast :-(

Jim Hawkins
 
philo said:
Yes
just watch your bios messages
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Magic! Amazing how dummies like me can overlook the obvious.

Thanks, philo



"We share half our genome with the banana. This is more evident in some of
my acquaintances than others."
- Sir Robert May, President of the Royal Society
 
Jim said:
Magic! Amazing how dummies like me can overlook the obvious.

Thanks, philo
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You are welcome!!!!

I did not want to see you taking a torch to your computer and cutting a
hole as one person suggested <G>
 
philo said:
You are welcome!!!!

I did not want to see you taking a torch to your computer and cutting a
hole as one person suggested <G>
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Sorry philo, a `torch` in England is a `flashlight` in the USA.
 
Sorry philo, a `torch` in England is a `flashlight` in the USA.
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even though i was aware that in England a "torch" is a "flashlight"
I did not know you were English when you posted...and I thought you were
trying to be funny.
I always seem to mis-interpret things and see them in the most ironic
manner <G> !!!!
 
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