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Originally posted by VF19
I don't see two black prongs.
EDIT: I think i see two small prongs..
EDIT2:On the circuitboard I see 10 dots and CS SLAVE MASTER and PM2 by them
And is it alright if I have a CD-ROM and HDD on the same IDE cable?
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No no, not on the motherboard. Look on the BACK of your hard drive, and there is probably 5 really small prongs. There should be a black piece of plastic covering up TWO of the prongs. On top of the hard drive there should be a diagram telling you where to put the black piece of plastic (jumper). Depending on which two prongs you cover up on the hard drive, your HDD will be set to master or slave. The exact same method is used on the CD-ROM as well. If you do not set the jumper correctly on the back of both devices, they won't show up in BIOS.
Yes, it's ok to have the HDD and CD-ROM on the same IDE cable, but you'll have to make one device Master and one Slave.
-Lasereth