Hi Art, Master is when the drive is the primary. Slave is when it's a second drive on the same IDE channel. Cable Select is an outdated method that let's the controller figure out which to put as primary and which to put as secondary. I have never used it before, nor have I ever run across a controller that does. Hope this helps. Kyle >From: The Laytons <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: [PCBUILD] Cable Select? >Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2001 08:40:46 -0400 > >Jumper settings for a hard drive include master, slave and cable >select. What does this mean? > >Art Layton >Stamford, CT _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com PCBUILD maintains hundreds of useful files for download visit our download web page at: http://freepctech.com/downloads.shtml