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Cause: The majority of problems reported by users installing the Duplidisk with Western digital drives are the result of improper jumpering or cabling of the drives.


If the Primary and Mirror LEDs on the Duplidisk show GREEN, indicating that there is power to the Duplidisk and drives yet the installation does not progress properly or there is a problem on boot up, there is a good possibility the One or more drives are not jumpered or connected correctly.

Corrective Action:

In our November 19, 1998 advisory, as well as in our Duplidisk product manuals, we have advised users that they need to remove all jumpers on Western Digital drives in order to force the drives to default to SINGLE mode, the state Western Digital drives require when mirroring a single pair of drives. This is not the case with the most recent 10-pin drives from Western Digital. To correctly jumper the new Western Digital drives, please refer to the following jumper setting table.

JUMPER SETTINGS FOR WESTERN DIGITAL DRIVES
Case #1: Two Western Digital Drives
PRIMARY DRIVE
MIRROR DRIVE
Western Digital
Western Digital
Jumper as SINGLE
Jumper as SINGLE
Case #2: Other Primary, Western Digital Mirror
PRIMARY DRIVE
MIRROR DRIVE
Other Manufacturer
Western Digital
Jumper as MASTER
Jumper as SINGLE
Case #3: Western Digital Primary, Other Mirror
PRIMARY DRIVE
MIRROR DRIVE
Western Digital
Other Manufacturer
Jumper as SINGLE
Jumper as MASTER
Case #4: Western Digital Primary and Mirror on Master Channel Other on Slave Channel
PRIMARY MASTER
MIRROR MASTER
PRIMARY SLAVE
MIRROR SLAVE
Western Digital
Western Digital
Other Manufacturer
None
Jumper as MASTER
Jumper as SINGLE
Jumper as SLAVE
Case #5: Any Combination of Manufacturers
PRIMARY MASTER
MIRROR MASTER
PRIMARY SLAVE
MIRROR SLAVE
Any Manufacturer
Any Manufacturer
Any Manufacturer
Any Manufacturer
Jumper as MASTER
Jumper as MASTER
Jumper as SLAVE
Jumper as SLAVE
ATA-66 80 WIRE CABLE INSTALLATION MATRIX
HOST CABLE
BLUE connector to system board IDE connector
BLACK connector to Duplidisk HOST IDE connector
Note: DO NOT connect ANY drives on HOST CABLE!!
PRIMARY CABLE
BLUE connector to Duplidisk PRIMARY IDE connector
BLACK connector to MASTER Hard drive
GREY connector to SLAVE Hard drive or CDROM
MIRROR CABLE
BLUE connector to Duplidisk MIRROR IDE connector
BLACK connector to MASTER Hard drive
GREY connector to SLAVE Hard drive
Note: DO NOT connect CD's or other similar devices here


 
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