Originally posted by ireland:

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Jumper Settings for your Drive should be set to master or cable select
and installed on the ide ata primary channel installed on the end of the cable.

your cd-dvd drive should be installed as master and installed on the end of the cable on the ide ata secondary channel.


Jumper Settings for your Drive
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Thanks, That guide is awesome! That guide does apply to a WD Hard drive as well I assume?

I got one more question before taking the PC apart. I have a CD-R and a DVD-R and 1 HD on the PC, do I follow these settngs given by HP:

Settings for 1 Hard drive and 2 CD/DVD drives:

Set the hard disk jumper as Cable Select or Single. Connect the drive using the Master connector on the primary IDE cable.

Set the first CD/DVD drive jumper to Master (alternatively, Cable Select can be used if you set the 2nd CD/DVD drive selection to Cable Select). Connect the drive using the Master connector on the secondary IDE cable.

Set the second CD/DVD drive jumper to Slave (use Cable Select if Cable Select was used on the 1st CD/DVD drive). Connect the drive using the Slave connector on the secondary IDE cable.

Are those right or do I just do exactly as the guide you gave showed and set the jumper as master.

Originally posted by Blackjax:

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What you posted is the correct way of setting up your cd/dvd drives.
hdd on the primary. cd/dvd drives on secondary. I recommend setting up your dvd burner as the master and the cd as slave. Burners sometimes act funny when set to slave and your dvd burner will read
all your formats in case you run into this issue.

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