SOYO SY-P4I845GV/PEISA Plus Quick Start Guide
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2.3 Installing the IDE Devices
Before Installing the IDE Devices:
1.
Installing a hard disk and an optical device on the same IDE slot/cable is not
recommended since such combination will reduce system performance.
2.
Wh e n in stal lin g t w o I DE de vi ce s o n one I D E sl ot /cab le, set one
o f th e t w o I DE de vi ce s (u su al ly t he bo ot in g ha rd d riv e ) t o
M A S T E R
, a nd t he o t h e r
S L AV E
( u su ally a sec o nd ha r d dri ve o r
a n op tic al dev ic e). T he d oc u men tat io n s of t he I DE de vi ce s
usually ill ustrate how t o use jump e r s o r s wi t c h e s t o s wi t c h t h e
d e vic e s b e t we e n M A S T E R a n d SL AVE m o d e s.
Installing IDE Devices on IDE1 Slot
The booting hard drive must always be attached to IDE1 slot and set to
Master
Mode
.
Installing IDE Devices on IDE2 Slot
The second IDE drive on this controller must be set to
Slave Mode
. In the case of
installing an optical device, you can plug an audio cable into onboard CDIN1
socket (indicated as
○
D
) to enable front panel audio output from the ear phone jack
of the device. The installation process is the same as that of IDE1.