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220-301 · Question #1670

A technician tries to install two IDE drives as Master/Slave on the same ATA. Drive 1, installed first, jumps as a Master and the BIOS correctly autodetects it. Drive 2 is then jumped as a Slave and…

The correct answer is D. configure drive 2 as a Master with no Slave. See the full explanation below for the reasoning.

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A technician tries to install two IDE drives as Master/Slave on the same ATA. Drive 1, installed first, jumps as a Master and the BIOS correctly autodetects it. Drive 2 is then jumped as a Slave and installed but the BIOS does not autodetect it. What is the NEXT logical step to take in troubleshooting this problem?

Options

  • Amake the CD-ROM drive the Slave
  • Breplace drive 1
  • Creplace drive 2
  • Dconfigure drive 2 as a Master with no Slave

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