[ltp] PATA IDE 2nd HDD caddy for IBM T4x

[bhaskins]

On 11/10/2011 08:03 AM, Dick Summerfield wrote:
> Helmut,
>
> At 18:41 09/11/2011, you wrote:
>
>> That works. Perhaps with a little help.
>>
>> You should (or must) jumper the disk with a small jumper as "master".
>>
>> Then you can see the second disk in the setup menu, in the "boot"
>> submenu.
> Thanks for your advice.
> It triggered me to find out that the group of four, separate, unconnected pins are in fact the "jumper-pins" (my name)
>
> I also found the following information with regard to the pins (http://www.av8n.com/computer/htm/disk-pinout.htm ):
> ===quote===
> For laptops (44 pin connector) the master/slave jumper scheme given below seems
> to be pretty common, although I wouldn’t be surprised to find others. Looking
> at the pins, we have (v = pin 1):
>
>                                                v
>      . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   . .  device 0
>      . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   . .  i.e. master
>
>                                                v
>      . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   . |  device 1
>      . . . . . . . . . . . .   . . . . . . . . .   . |  i.e. slave
>
>                                                v
>      . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   . .  cable select
>      . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   _ _
>
> ===end quote===
>
> So, as I understand it, I should leave the disk already in the laptop as is - no jumpers = (disk 0 / master)
> the disk in the new caddy should have the jumper vertically on the outermost pins = (disk 1/slave).
> Is this the same as what you are saying?
>
> Will anything be broken if I get it wrong or will it just not work?
>
> --
>
> Regards,
>
> Dick.
>
Your seller did not do right by you, there should have been a jumper 
supplied
with the unit to jumper the "slave" pins.