The Maxtor jumper settings are at the Seagate site. I gave Sandy the addy in the thread about her 'puter troubles... Lemme find it...
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Originally Posted by Miros1
Here's the link for Maxtor/Seagate Troubleshooting: http://www.seagate.com/ww/v/index.js...00dd04090aRCRD
http://www.seagate.com/staticfiles/i...rt/DM20&21.jpg tells you how to set your drive to "Auto-select" by moving the jumper block on the back. Most drives are set that way (I think the manufacturer recommends it), but if you assume that, you know your drive won't be. Once the jumper is in the correct position, you just plug the middle plug on the ribbon cable into the back of your drive. Then you plug the end plug that was plugged into your old drive into the new drive and run the CD that came with your new drive to do the formatting and partitioning.
With large drives, always use the U-100 cable (has 3 different color plugs), not the plain ribbon cable with all 3 plugs the same color. This cable will come with your new drive.
Maxtor also sells an ATA(?) card that will let you plug 4 physical drives into it. |
I think the jumper settings just determine which connector you plug in, just like Mike said.