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Thread ID: 58183	2005-05-24 04:53:00	Hard Drive Problem	ahd8888 (184)	Press F1

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357929	2005-05-24 04:53:00	HI, every helper in this forum. Had a computer since 2002. Hard Drive is making a funny sound and shut it down by turn off the main power. It was 40GB Ultra ATA/100 maxtor Hard Drive. Question: (1) Is maxtor a good brand (2) can I use Ultra ATA/133 (3) why the jumper set to "Cable select Enable" instead of the "Master" Thank you in advance	ahd8888 (184)
357930	2005-05-24 05:12:00	Maxtor are still in business. So it's probably a good brand. Of course, in my opinion all disks are too cheap. ;) It's your motherboard which determines what maximum speed the interface can run at. You can use a 133 MHz drive, but it might connect at only 100MHz if that's all the interface can handle. If the original drive is set at CS, you will have a "CS" cable. There's a pin not connected in one of the drive connectors so that "cable select" does select one of two drives. (A "standard" IDE cable for MA/SL selection has all the pins connected straight through). Just jumper the new one to CS if it's not already like that.	Graham L (2)
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