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From: Alessandro on 3 Jul 2010 18:46
Hi all,

I guess it's impossible, but I have an old IDE hd (Quantum Sirocco), without
jumpers - so set as Slave - I'd like to read on a motherboard without any
other Master IDE device.

Unofrtunately I can't set it as Master, I don't have a suitable jumper
because it has an odd configuration, not the classical one with the row of 4
couples of pins (in this case I'd have the jumper), but a "strange" row with
3 single pins (???).

Any suggestions ? Apart of course looking for a IDE device to be set as
Master ...

Thanks all
Ale




From: Pen on 3 Jul 2010 19:29
On 7/3/2010 6:46 PM, Alessandro wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I guess it's impossible, but I have an old IDE hd (Quantum Sirocco), without
> jumpers - so set as Slave - I'd like to read on a motherboard without any
> other Master IDE device.
>
> Unofrtunately I can't set it as Master, I don't have a suitable jumper
> because it has an odd configuration, not the classical one with the row of 4
> couples of pins (in this case I'd have the jumper), but a "strange" row with
> 3 single pins (???).
>
> Any suggestions ? Apart of course looking for a IDE device to be set as
> Master ...
>
> Thanks all
> Ale
>
>
Have a look here, the jumper pins are on the drive circuit
board not the rear panel.
http://www.mfarris.com/hard_drives/quantum/quantum_sirocco_1700at.html

From: John McGaw on 3 Jul 2010 19:44
On 7/3/2010 6:46 PM, Alessandro wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I guess it's impossible, but I have an old IDE hd (Quantum Sirocco), without
> jumpers - so set as Slave - I'd like to read on a motherboard without any
> other Master IDE device.
>
> Unofrtunately I can't set it as Master, I don't have a suitable jumper
> because it has an odd configuration, not the classical one with the row of 4
> couples of pins (in this case I'd have the jumper), but a "strange" row with
> 3 single pins (???).
>
> Any suggestions ? Apart of course looking for a IDE device to be set as
> Master ...
>
> Thanks all
> Ale
>
>

Silly question, perhaps, but have you tried installing the drive just as it
is to see what happens? I'm pretty certain that I've had "slave" drives in
machines with no "master" and have had it work, especially during
troubleshooting and testing. You have little to lose besides a few minutes
of your time...

From: Alessandro on 3 Jul 2010 20:05

"Pen" <nospam(a)spam.none> ha scritto nel messaggio
news:i0oh5h$hqn$1(a)news.eternal-september.org...
> On 7/3/2010 6:46 PM, Alessandro wrote:

> Have a look here, the jumper pins are on the drive circuit
> board not the rear panel.
> http://www.mfarris.com/hard_drives/quantum/quantum_sirocco_1700at.html
>

Great ... many thanks, you are right, but jumper is set already on Master,
anyway I can't view it either in Windows ot in BIOS.
I've tried also a manual setting in BIOS instead of Auto, defining CHS ... I
can't view it the same!

Any suggestion for this thing ?

Thanks
Ale


From: Pen on 3 Jul 2010 21:49
On 7/3/2010 8:05 PM, Alessandro wrote:
> "Pen" <nospam(a)spam.none> ha scritto nel messaggio
> news:i0oh5h$hqn$1(a)news.eternal-september.org...
>> On 7/3/2010 6:46 PM, Alessandro wrote:
>
>> Have a look here, the jumper pins are on the drive circuit
>> board not the rear panel.
>> http://www.mfarris.com/hard_drives/quantum/quantum_sirocco_1700at.html
>>
>
> Great ... many thanks, you are right, but jumper is set already on Master,
> anyway I can't view it either in Windows ot in BIOS.
> I've tried also a manual setting in BIOS instead of Auto, defining CHS ... I
> can't view it the same!
>
> Any suggestion for this thing ?
>
> Thanks
> Ale
> The only thing you could try would be a different cable in
case the present one is bad. If you you don't have one then
perhaps you could try another drive on that set of cables.
Otherwise it means the drive is dead.

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