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unknown jumper placement

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bleed3r

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The lable is gone off this old seagate 1gig hd and I don't know where to put the jumper for master/slave etc anymore. I tried searching the website because it has all hds apparently with jumper diagrams but I don't know the model number. Am I just going to have to guess trial and error?

I got 2 ide channels on this computer, one with 2 hds master is os and slave is file dump
The other channel only has the cdrom setup on it. Can I put this other hd on it as a slave? I think I need to know the jumper placement though because my bios only sees one or the other when both are put in.
And, I don't really know much about the master/slave relationship, I just assumed master is like the main accessed one and slave is like next in priority. I tried googling but just got some gay pr0n it looked like.

If I can't put a cdrom and hd on the same channel, it looks like my oldschool soundcard doubles as an ide controller with 1 ide channel. I can't figure out how to work it though, probly need some other drivers but couldn't find any. I also read that these controllers on old soundcards are slow etc but it doesnt really matter, just lookin for a bit more room to dump crap. Can anyone tell me anything I might have to do to work this or am I dependant on finding some drivers that include this.
 
i used to have an old Seagate HDD that was about 1 gig in size. it was really thin, but it was for use in a desktop system. is this the one you have?

i wished i still had the drive, if you have the same one, i could just draw a diagram for you. since i don't, try this:

http://www.seagate.com/support/disc/ata/st51080a.html

if that's not the drive i had, it's pretty darn close. there's another drive, but it doesnt have 6 jumpers like your post specifies. here it is anyway:

http://www.seagate.com/support/disc/ata/st31081a.html

good luck
 
Aren't there any markings on the PCB near those pins which make clear what they're for?
 
Originally posted by Elledan
Aren't there any markings on the PCB near those pins which make clear what they're for?
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No, I didn't see any, it was on a sticker on the top of the hd but some time ago it got removed. I just did trial and error booting untill my bios recognized the cdrom and the hd and it worked.

[:] : : : : : on the last try :D
 
Originally posted by bleed3r
No, I didn't see any, it was on a sticker on the top of the hd but some time ago it got removed. I just did trial and error booting untill my bios recognized the cdrom and the hd and it worked.

[:] : : : : : on the last try :D
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Lucky guy :)

Now don't forget to write it down on a sticker or something and put it on the HDD lest you have to figure it all out again next time.
 
Meh I don't think I'll need to do that. I had to do some ghetto moddage to fit it into this old IBM case which is only supposed to hold 1 hd with a floppy and 1 5.25 drive. Right now there are 3 hds a cdrom and the floppy only cuz I can't boot without it on this pos. To get this last hd in I had to hack out alot of plastic junk and dangle the hd and pwr leds with the pwr switch out the floppy hole and in the floppy spot i duct taped the new-old hd to the floppy frame and the floppy is crammed underneath where it fits in the case but it can be pulled out if it ever needs used.

yay.
 
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