In that case, a possible solution is to configure the system with the Samsung disk 
as the sole device on the primary IDE cable, jumpered as SINGLE (or MASTER if there 
is no SINGLE option).

Pnd put the Westech disk on the secondary cable with the CD or DVD device, with the 
hard disk jumpered as MASTER and the CD / DVD drive jumpered as SLAVE.

Master devices are always connected to the end connector on the IDE cable and slave 
devices are always connected to the connector in the middle of the cable.

This is not the optimum arrangement. But it is important that the boot disk should 
NOT be on the same cable as the much slower CD / DVD device.

Ed







On Saturday, April 14, 2007 at 10:25 pm, C K wrote:

>Actually contrary to popular belief, a Master drive will impact a slave device (as 

>it is the master controller on the chain) and there are more than one example of 

>certian drives/manufacturers with incompatible units.  Samsung has had the most 
instances 

>of incompatibility in their low capacity/older drives...  I personally ran into 
this 

>problem with both BIOS incompatibilities on some motherboards and with certian drives 

>with Samsung drives, and stopped using them some years ago, as they have continued 

>to have issues.  Not a new problem.  Make sure they are jumpered correctly and that 

>the Master drive is on the end connector, Slave in the middle.  Older forty conductor 

>cables are rarely color coded IME.  Check out your BIOS for proper drive recognition 

>and if it doesn't POST correctly, you have a compatibility issue IMO..

>

>

> 

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