Just got a new HDD for use in a removable caddy and noticed that the jumper position is on the pins "CS Enabled" J48. The HDD that it is replacing has the jumper position on the pins "Cap Limit" J46.
What difference would this make if any?
Both are Maxtor PATA 133 HDD.
definitions
1. cs ... cable select , nearest to computer should be detected as master , furthest as slave
2. csp limit ... set on some drives so that they could work with bios incapable of handling large drives / extended lba.
differences caused:
1. makes no difference if only drive in a connection
2. if external case can understand large drives , you shouldn't need to enable this either.
Thanks Gary, in that case I will set the new HDD the same as the one it will be replacing.
Thanks Gary, in that case I will set the new HDD the same as the one it will be replacing.
I think harlequin was reccomending not to enable csp. As I understand it enabling csp will stop some of your hard drive space from being available to use.
Dave
I think harlequin was reccomending not to enable csp. As I understand it enabling csp will stop some of your hard drive space from being available to use.Dave
agreed.
BUT
maybe his external case can't handle large drives !!!!!
I'm not sure he is using an external case, he says removable caddy which implies to me it slots into a caddy holder in the pc, which would mean its using the standard ide bus.
Of course his motherboard may not support the lager drives but he hasn't said the size of the replacement drve or the one being replaced.
Personally i never use CS
i always designate master or slave manually
I'm not sure he is using an external case, he says removable caddy which implies to me it slots into a caddy holder in the pc, which would mean its using the standard ide bus.
Of course his motherboard may not support the lager drives but he hasn't said the size of the replacement drve or the one being replaced.Personally i never use CS
i always designate master or slave manually
Agreed .... Must read more carefully ......... if a removeable caddy , internal to pc , he will have to replicate jumpers or change them on the other device ( if there is one ) on the same ide cable.
To clarify, I have a 120 gig HDD in a removable caddy and I am changing this to a 160 gig HDD.
I have replaced the 160 HDD with the jumper in the position it came with and seems to work ok.
On this machine I have a system drive, video drive and the removable caddy drive. I think the master slave settings are maybe set on another HDD.
Thanks for the replies.
Hi
I use a whole lot of caddied drives in a variety of FireWire cases, some single drive only and others with 2-channel master/slave twin drives, and I've found everything works fine, with full interchangeability, if the caddied drives are all set to Cable Select (CS).
i don't think these were firewire caddies but internal pc one plugging in directly to the ide bus