Ok... this is probably an easy question to answer, but my searches aren't getting me anywhere. I am quite familiar with the PATA technologies regarding primary/secondary and master/slave configurations. But I'm upgrading my computer now and it has a SATA hard drive and I'm adding a second..... my question is... how can I tell which one is "primary" or "secondary" and also who is the "master" or "slave"? I can see the ports numbered 0 - 3 on the motherboard, but I'm not sure what that really means, if anything. I used to be able to figure this out easy in my old PC in the BIOS when I was using PATA..... I'm starting to wonder if SATA even uses the primary/secondary and master/slave configuration at all. I'll be thankful if someone can just give me the straight dope on this....
If it helps I'm running two SATA hard drives and an SATA DVD burner. I have 4 SATA ports on my motherboard running an Intel 925X chipset.
Thanks,
Brian
If it helps I'm running two SATA hard drives and an SATA DVD burner. I have 4 SATA ports on my motherboard running an Intel 925X chipset.
Thanks,
Brian