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EIDE Subsystem: Dell™ Dimension™ 8100 System Reference
The enhanced integrated drive electronics (EIDE) subsystem includes two EIDE interfaces (primary and secondary), each of which can support up to two EIDE devices such as high-capacity hard drives, CD drives, DVD drives, and CD-RW drives.
All EIDE devices should be configured for the Cable Select jumper position, which assigns master and slave status to devices by their position on the interface cable (see Table 2 in
"Technical Overview" for EIDE interface cable connections for Dell-installed
drives). In this configuration, the drive attached to the last connector on the interface cable is the master or boot drive (drive 0) and the drive attached to the middle connector on the interface cable is the slave drive (drive 1). Refer to the drive’s documentation for instructions on setting the Cable Select jumper position.
When you replace a drive, refer to the jumpers on the original drive to set the jumpers on the replacement drive.
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NOTE: The externally accessible drive bays at the front of the computer are normally used for floppy drives, CD drives, DVD drives, or CD-RW drives. |
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