User guide

Seagate Travan 40GB User Guide 8
If your computer has two IDE ports:
Most modern computers have two IDE ports.
Each port can support up to two devices (on a
single IDE cable). A hard disk is usually at-
tached to the
primary IDE port, as shown in
Figure 1. However, the Travan 40 should not be
attached to an IDE port that is being used by a
hard disc or a sound card. Thus, you must use
the secondary IDE port for your tape drive.
If no devices or cables are attached to the
secondary IDE port (as shown in Figure 1), you
will need to obtain a second IDE cable for your
tape drive.
If a CD-ROM or other compatible device is
attached to the secondary IDE port (as shown in
Figure 2) you can install the tape drive on the
same cable as the CD-ROM.
Continue to page 10 for instructions on setting
the master-slave jumpers.
Figure 1
Figure 2
Computer
Motherboard
Primary
IDE port
Secondary
IDE port
Hard
Disc
Hard
Disc
Attach tape drive and cable here
(tape drive must be configured
as "Master")
Computer
Motherboard
Primary
IDE port
Secondary
IDE port
CD-ROM
configured as "Master"
Attach tape drive here
configured as "Slave"
CD-ROM
CD-ROM
Hard
Disc
Hard
Disc
EXAMPLE 1: Existing computer with two IDE ports
(hard disc attached to the primary IDE port)
EXAMPLE 2: Existing computer with two IDE ports
(ATAPI devices on both primary and secondary IDE Ports)
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