| The motherboard usually has two connectors IDE | | | | back of the device (next to IDE connector). Usually |
| (Integrated Device Electronics):o The first connector is | | | | there is a small device in the diagram illustrating the |
| known as the primary device driver.o The second is | | | | positions of the bridges to the master disk (M) or slave |
| known as the secondary driver device. | | | | (SL). |
| Each can support two IDE cable connected to a single | | | | Note that sometimes you will find an abbreviation CS |
| tape, counting a total of 4 devices IDE (two from each | | | | (the English acronym for the selection of cable), which |
| ribbon cable connected to the motherboard). To | | | | means that the selection between master and slave |
| overcome the limit of 4 IDE devices can be connected | | | | disk is automatically determined when the two discs |
| through a further expansion card or an IDE controller | | | | have this option, if the motherboard supports. |
| SCSI controller. | | | | It is also recommended to connect devices of the |
| When you connect two devices at the same IDE | | | | same type with the same ribbon cable as the bus |
| ribbon cable (a cable that connects a driver or two IDE | | | | speed of adapting to slow device connected to the |
| devices to the motherboard), we must tell the | | | | cable. Therefore, we recommend placing the discs in a |
| computer which of the two takes precedence, or | | | | cable and burners IDE CD-ROM and in another (a CD |
| more precisely, which one is the master and what the | | | | burner is installed in exactly the same way as a |
| slave, which is abbreviated SL. To do this, devices | | | | CD-ROM). You can find more about this by clicking on |
| must be configured using the jumpers located on the | | | | Custom Built Computers. |