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A technician wants to install a secondary IDE drive which will be configured for additional user storage on the same IDE channel of the drive with the operating system. Which of the following jumper…

The correct answer is D. Place a jumper on the SL jumper block of the secondary drive. On an IDE channel, only one drive can be the Master (MA). When the primary drive is already set to Master, the second drive on the same channel must be set to Slave (SL) to avoid a conflict.

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Question

A technician wants to install a secondary IDE drive which will be configured for additional user storage on the same IDE channel of the drive with the operating system. Which of the following jumper configurations should the technician use for the additional drive, if the drive with the operating system is set to MA?

Options

  • APlace a jumper on both the MA and CS jumper block of the secondary drive.
  • BPlace a jumper on the MA jumper block of the secondary drive.
  • CPlace a jumper on both the SL and CS jumper block of the secondary drive.
  • DPlace a jumper on the SL jumper block of the secondary drive.

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    3% (1)
  • B
    3% (1)
  • C
    9% (3)
  • D
    86% (30)

Why each option

On an IDE channel, only one drive can be the Master (MA). When the primary drive is already set to Master, the second drive on the same channel must be set to Slave (SL) to avoid a conflict.

APlace a jumper on both the MA and CS jumper block of the secondary drive.

Placing jumpers on both MA and CS (Cable Select) positions simultaneously is an invalid configuration that would cause device detection errors.

BPlace a jumper on the MA jumper block of the secondary drive.

Setting the secondary drive to MA creates two Master drives on the same channel, which is an unsupported configuration that causes both drives to fail to respond properly.

CPlace a jumper on both the SL and CS jumper block of the secondary drive.

Placing jumpers on both SL and CS simultaneously is an invalid mixed configuration; the drive must be set to either Slave or Cable Select, not both at the same time.

DPlace a jumper on the SL jumper block of the secondary drive.Correct

IDE channels support two drives using a master-slave relationship. When the operating system drive is jumpered as Master (MA), the second drive sharing the same IDE cable and channel must be jumpered as Slave (SL). This configuration tells the controller which drive has priority and prevents address conflicts that would prevent both drives from being recognized.

Concept tested: IDE master-slave jumper configuration for dual drives

Source: https://www.comptia.org/training/books/a-core-1-220-1101-study-guide

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