A.2 setting master and slave jumpers – Philips CD-ROM Drive PCA103CD Manuale d'uso

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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 for 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 the 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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