A.2 setting master and slave jumpers – Philips PCA82CR User Manual

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PHILIPS CD-ROM DRIVE USER’S MANUAL

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A.2 Setting Master and Slave

Jumpers

Whether your PC system regards your CD-ROM drive as a

master device or a slave device depends on which of

the “



” (master) and “



” (slave) jumpers on the back

of the drive is capped.

or

Slave Mode

Master Mode

Figure A-3 Jumper Settings of Slave Mode and Master Mode

Your CD-ROM drive is shipped with the “



” jumper

capped, In spite of this, note from Figure A-3 that

capping the “



” jumper is optional for Slave mode.

To set your CD-ROM drive as a master device, simply

remove the cap from the “



” jumper and place it over

the “



” jumper.

Note:

1. The “MA” and “SL” jumpers cannot be both

capped at the same time.

2. A system halt will occur if the “MA” or “SL”

jumper is set in conflict with the other
device connected to the same IDE port. An
IDE port cannot contain two master devices or
two slave devices at any moment of time.

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