How do I change my jumper settings?

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To change a jumper setting, pull the plug off its pin(s) and carefully fit it down onto the pin(s) indicated. A jumper is referred to as open or unjumpered when the plug is pushed down over only one pin or if there is no plug at all. When the plug is pushed down over two pins, the jumper is referred to as jumpered.

What is the purpose of the drive jumper settings?

The jumper pins are similar to the pins on the I/O plate on a motherboard. You enable particular settings by placing a jumper shunt onto specific pins—creating an electrical circuit between them. The settings these jumpers enable are hard-coded onto a drive’s programmed printed circuit board.

What is cable select jumper setting?

Cable select, also referred to by the acronym CS, is a disk drive jumper setting which automatically sets the priority of a disk drive by its position on its data cable. When cable select is enabled, the drive configures itself as a primary or secondary depending on its position in the drive chain.

What is the function of jumpers in CPU?

In electronics and particularly computing, a jumper is a short length of conductor used to close, open or bypass part of an electronic circuit. They are typically used to set up or configure printed circuit boards, such as the motherboards of computers.

What is CS on IDE?

All IDE drives have jumpers that select the “master” or “slave” role on the controller, but modern drives also have a “CS” or “Cable select” pin. This allows the IDE cable itself to select the drive’s role: all the drives have the CS jumper set, and the cable chooses the master and the slave.

How do you set the jumpers on a hard drive?

Setting the jumpers correctly on a hard drive requires the proper placement of a plastic-encased, metal jumper shunt over two pins on the hard drive jumper block, as shown in Figure 1. Figure 1. Jumper Block Location SATA Hard Drive Jumper Settings WD SATA hard drives are factory set for workstation/desktop use.

What are CSEL jumper settings for WD Eide hard drives?

WD EIDE hard drives are factory set with Cable Select (CSEL) jumper settings. The CSEL jumper setting protocol requires the use of a special interface cable. All hard drives in a CSEL-compliant system have the jumpers set in the same position.

What is cable select (CSEL) jumper?