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Hi I want to add one Baracuda HD and one Sony DVD RW in my computer which has already one Baracuda HD and Samsung DVD rom.
How can I connect with the IDE 1 and IDE 2 and how should I arrange the jumper in all these IDEs

Pl help me

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: the short answer from is correct, but a few practical details will make the install smoother.

Turn the PC off and unplug it. Open the case and identify the two 40/80-pin IDE ribbon cables: one is the primary channel, the other the secondary. Each cable has three plugs (motherboard, middle, end). The drive label or sticker shows the jumper diagrams for Master (M), Slave (S) and Cable Select (CS) — follow those, do not guess pin positions. On a standard cable the end connector is the channel Master and the middle connector is the Slave unless both drives are set to CS. Use an 80-conductor IDE cable if available (better DMA support). Give each new drive its own Molex power connector.

After wiring: enter the BIOS on boot to confirm both hard drives and optical drives are detected and that the original boot drive remains first in the boot order. In Windows use Disk Management to initialize/partition/format the new HDD and assign a drive letter. Also check that the IDE channels are running in DMA mode (Device Manager or BIOS) rather than PIO for best performance.

Troubleshooting notes: never set two devices on the same cable to Master; if a device is not seen, reseat cables, verify jumpers against the drive label, try switching the middle/end connectors or try both drives set to CS on the correct cable positions. Ground yourself when working inside the case and consult the motherboard manual if behavior is odd.

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To make it easy, slave the new hard drive to the primary hard disk in the primary controller and the new dvdrw to the dvdrom in the secondary controller.

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