Using windows xp home service pack 2. Mother board is a gigabyte GA-K8nsc-939 with sata connectors. Currently using the maxtor 500gb sata II drive as master with windows xp on it. Have jumpered the 120 gig western digital ide drive as a slave and using it for storage. Everything seems to be working.
Questions?
1 Does the ide drive need to be jumpered as slave?
2 For some reason I have plugged the ide drive into the end of the cable which is where you would normally put the master is this ok?
3 Will using an older and slower drive (the 120 gig ide which is 66 or 100) slow the system? From what I remember if you had 2 ide drives in a system it would run at the speed of the slower drive.
Thanks for any help. Together to bad I can't edit titles.
Questions?
1 Does the ide drive need to be jumpered as slave?
2 For some reason I have plugged the ide drive into the end of the cable which is where you would normally put the master is this ok?
3 Will using an older and slower drive (the 120 gig ide which is 66 or 100) slow the system? From what I remember if you had 2 ide drives in a system it would run at the speed of the slower drive.
Thanks for any help. Together to bad I can't edit titles.