From: James H. E. Maugham (CaptJHEM_at_waterw.com)
Date: Mon May 29 2000 - 10:45:25 EDT
Steve C. [mailto:stevec50_at_yahoo.com] wrote:
> The problem seems to be that IBM is not consistant
> with their jumper settings. I looked up the pinout
> for the connector and they are different for the 4gb
> drive than the 2gb drive. One requires the jumper be
> on for Master, the other off for Master which causes
> them to not be interchangeable in the same shell.
IBM didn't change Steve, the Standard did. All drive manufacturers changed the
Master/Slave jumpers between the time your 2GB drive and 4GB drives were built.
Hence the problem with getting newer drives to work in "old" Thinkpad drive
shells and the necessity to perform surgery on the pins.
Regards,
James
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