Installing an ATAPI Drive
Set the master/slave jumpers
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Is there a 40-pin IDE cable already attached to your secondary IDE port?
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If you do not already have a cable for your secondary IDE adapter, you will need to obtain
one before installing your tape drive.
2. Set the master/slave jumpers
Are any other devices attached to your secondary IDE port?
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If a compatible ATAPI device, such as a CD-ROM, is already attached to your secondary IDE
port (as shown in Example 3), make sure that the tape drive is configured as a “slave.” See
the figure for master/slave jumper settings. The existing ATAPI device should be configured as
a “master.”
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If your tape drive will be the only device on the IDE cable, you need to configure your tape
drive as a “master.” Turn the drive over and set the master/slave jumper to the “master” posi-
tion, as shown.
NOTE:
Do
not
attach your tape drive to an IDE port that is being used by a hard disc or a
sound card.
Computer
Motherboard
Primary
IDE port
Secondary
IDE port
CD-ROM
configured as Master
Attach tape drive here
configured as Slave
CD-ROM
CD-ROM
EXAMPLE 3: Existing computer with two IDE ports
(existing ATAPI devices on both primary and secondary IDE Ports)
Hard
Disc
Hard
Disc
Master
Slave
Cable
select
Note: Drive is shown upside down
