Locked up again! What can I check- I'm on another box

[S.W. Bobcat]

HUMMMMMMMMM,   That *is* interesting: I have round cables and they are 
clearly marked. Master is at the *end* of the cable, the Slave is in the 
*middle*.  I too had wondered about this and called some tech company about 
where the master and slave are on a ribbon cable and was told the Master is 
*ALWAYS* at the *end*, and the Slave is *ALWAYS* in the *middle*..  Dotan 
*might* want to try it both ways, he might also want to check that the *red 
stripe* is connected to pin #1.

The other thing he should check is the drive configuration.  *Most* drives 
will allow you to select either Master, Slave, or [ I think ] Select  
somethingoeranother.  The Select somethingoranother is *suppose* to allow 
you to put the drive and any part of the cable, but it is far better if he 
configures it so that the drive is jumpered as either a Master or a Slave 
and put at the correct  (or so I have been told) position on the cable ie 
either at the end (Master) , or in the middle (Slave).  I was just looking 
at ta strange drive ( a Maxtor  Model 71336A ) and it is configured *only*  
for a Master drive, and you can't change it ie. your stuck using it as a 
Master, and the second drive will have to be configured as a slave. 
Supposedly there is a jumper somewhere on it  (J20), but I can't find it, so 
it is probably hardwired.  Generally I have found that it works best  -- if 
you have two IDE mobo connectors ( 4 IDE devices ) is to put *one*  HD on 
each connector as a a master drive and make the DVD, floppy, ZIP drive, etc, 
the Slaves.

Hope this helps.

Bob

>Hi Dotan. No. If you only have 1 drive which is jumpered as master, you
>connect the connector at the end of the ribbon cable to the drive. If you
>have 2 drives, jumpered as master and slaves, the master drive is connected
>to the middle connector on the ribbon cable, and the slave drive uses the
>connector at the end of the ribbon. I have had problems with cabling.
>
>I have one fixed harddrive, and a harddrive caddy in a 5 1/4 slot on the 
>front
>of the machine, and have had to use an extension ribbon cable to connect to
>the harddrive caddy from the middle connection on the main ribbon cable. 
>The
>drives that use the caddy are all master, as they are the drives with OS's 
>on
>them. The fixed drive is just for data, and so is the slave.
>
>Nigel.
>
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