IDE Connector Issue..

[dreams]

Hello all..

I have a Samsung 80 GB HDD(MASTER) and its connected to one IDE.

And have a cd-rom(MASTER) and cd-writer(SLAVE) connected to another IDE.

Problem is whenevr i reboot my Sys It takes a looooong time to load.. if i remove either the cd-drive or cd-writer its fast..

Is my Connection with IDE Right.. or shuld i change it ??

TIA

[vijay_7287]

check the Bios and set the primary boot device to the HDD

[madman123]

yeah...otherwise it first checks whether u can boot from cd and then moves on to hdd..u could also set this with the jumper

[dreams]

Ok thnx guys..

[phatratt]

if u try to attach any device(hard disk or optical drive)as slave just remove the jumper from behind the drive and leave it as it is.Once connected it will automatically detect as slave.

Also disable the primary slave at the BIOS since u have not connected anything on that channel.