Samsung hard drive model number

you can find the jumper location next to the power on a hard drive and the settings for plastic jumper location is usually printed on the top of a hard drive
IDE-0 means Pri master
IDE-1 means Pri slave
IDE-2 means Sec master
IDE-3 means Sec slave

single or master :::::
master with slave ::'::
slave :::':
black line between dots is plastic jumper
note the plastic jumper is ' located at the rear of the hard drive between the EIDE and electrical lead/s

Mabee the hard drive has failed . try entering bios and see if the hard drive is recognised .If not try turning the computer off unplug it then reconnect the drive data cable and power cable
then re- start the computer and see if it is recognised. some models of older hard drives needed a driver installed during set up -- you usually have to put the driver on a floppy disc and hit the f6 button when prompted by windows set up to install third party drivers . I hope this helps


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These jumpers you're referring to normally are spoken of when dealing with a CD/DVD Drive or a hard drive. Usually it's an older one too. They look like this...


You'll need to look on the device itself. There it will have labeled which pin set is for slave or master. Just move the jumper to the correct pins.

If your using an external drive case, the jumper pins should be set at "single". If that doesn't work you can try moving the jumper till the drive shows up, or use no jumper at all. If it still doesn't work after trying all jumper positions or no jumper then the drive could be bad. Make sure to power off the drive before changing the jumper.

Hi Good day!!! follow this

1. Decide which hard drive will be the startup (master) drive. If this drive was the startup drive previously, or if it's a new hard drive, then the master drive designation will already be set.

2. To change the designation of a new drive to be a slave drive, skip to step 4.

3. To change the designation of an existing drive to be a slave drive: Turn off the computer, unplug the power cord, remove the drive from its drive bay, and disconnect the drive from its power cord and ribbon cable.

4. Check the hard drive documentation or the label on the drive itself for master/slave jumper settings.

5. Find the jumpers on the circuit board of the drive. Jumpers are plastic plugs with metal sleeves that form a circuit between a pair of pins. Jumper locations are labeled on the board with a J followed by a number (such as J20).

6. Use tweezers or very small pliers to remove or reposition the jumpers to the configuration shown in the documentation or on the disk label.

7. Install (or reinstall) the hard drive in the computer. (See "How to Install a Second Hard Drive.")

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Is your hard drive a SATA (Serial ATA, a thin cable) or IDE (a fat, usually gray cable)?

If your hard drive is a SATA, be sure that the both the power and data cables are securely connected to the hard drive (and data to the motherboard). Then go into your BIOS and make sure your hard drive is seen by the motherboard. It should read a model number similar to that of the model indicated on the hard drive label.

If your hard drive is an IDE, make sure you've selected the CS (cable select) mode on the hard drive using the correct jumper setting. It should be displayed on the label using a small diagram. If it isn't, you can use the Samsung HDD Jumper Settings page to check the settings. Also be sure the cables are secured, as IDE cables can be difficult to fully connect. If this is the case, try using just the hard drive on its own without any other IDE/SATA devices connected, and see if your motherboard detects it.

Try different cables for either type to make sure it's not just the cables that are causing the issue.

If all the above have been tried and your computer still cannot see the hard drive, you may have a faulty hard drive, motherboard or power supply. Try using your hard drive in a different computer, if it still fails to be recognized, you'll need to replace your drive. If it is recognized, your motherboard or power supply may be at fault. Try a different power supply. If that doesn't work your motherboard may be the issue.

Best of luck.

Select the maxtor HDD as master by setting the Jumper to the extreme left of the hdd; i.e. next to the data cable.
Remove all jumpers from the other HDD which you want to put as slave.

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Try this site, just locate your paticular model number for diagram. Hope this helps.

Ok, you have 2 x UDMA ATA 133/100/66 Bus Master IDE ports on that motherboard, so you can support 4 ide devices. It is important that you split your devices between the 2 available ide channels (each channel has a seperate ribbon cable). For example if you have 1 hard drive and 1 cd drive you'd want to place each on a seperate channel. If you have 2 hard drives and 1 cd drive it's best to place each hard drive on a seperate channel and the cd drive on the same channel as one of the hard drives. You have to make sure the jumper settings on the drives are correct (1 master and 1 slave) when placing 2 drives on the same channel for example. Most likely your jumper settings are not correct and are causing this problem. The jumpers are located on the rear of the drive near where the power cable is plugged into the drive. Most hard drives have the jumper setting printed on the hard drive. Once the jumpers are correct you should be ok.

hai
if u have two seperate data cable to hard disk and dvd rw,there is no big changes to made in jumpers,but u have only one data cable u should select jumper as a master to hard disk and slave to dvd rw,
basic identification to master jumper is that ,it place is close to data cables ,and slave is next pin,in typical models
also u se the detail in hdd and dvd rw's jumper locations

thanks
prasanna