primary or secondary IDE controller

usually the board is marked IDE1 and IDE2
"Stephen Larivee" <NOlariveeslSPAM.DeleteThis@yahoo.PLEASEcom> wrote in message
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 > What is the guideline to use to determine which of the two IDE controllers
 > on a MB is the primary and which is the secondary?
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 > "Stephen Larivee" <NOlariveeslSPAM.DeleteThis@yahoo.PLEASEcom> wrote in message
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  >> What is the guideline to use to determine which of the two IDE
  >> controllers
  >> on a MB is the primary and which is the secondary?
  >>
 > if you look carefully at the motherboard (you may need a good light and
 > some
 > reading glasses) the channels should be labeled...
 >
 > if not...just put a drive on one channel then watch the bios messages
 > and you will see which channel the device is detected on

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 >> Stay informed about: primary or secondary IDE controller 

Uhhh, let me think. I believe on the motherboard itself it will specify ide1
and ide2. From that we can infer through consultation with a magic 8 ball
that the primary would be ide1. No ide2. No wait... Yep ide1. And by the
process of elimination that leaves us with ide2 being the, you guessed it,
secondary.

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 > What is the guideline to use to determine which of the two IDE controllers
 > on a MB is the primary and which is the secondary?
 >
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