: 
: Hello
: 
: I have problems combining two IDE hard disks
: (Seagate ST3283A and Quantum LPS105A). As single hard disk both
: are working fine, but connecting them together to my 
: controller doesn't work.
: 
: My questions are:
: 
: - Has anybody out there ever been succesful using such hard disks
:   together and if so what jumper settings and BIOS settting did he/she
:   use?
: 
: - Is it possible that my controller is the reason for my troubles ?
:   The only thing I know about it is that it is an 
:   IDE-harddisk-controller. How many harddisks can such a controller
:   control? In my case only one ?
: 
: 
: Thanks in advance
: 
: 	Volker
: 
IDE drives have jumpers on them to indicate if it is a master or a slave.
If it is a master, then a second jumper indicates if a slave is present.
These must be set correctly according to each drive's manufacturers spec-
ification.  The CMOS setup is almost positively NOT the problem.  It is
probably not the controller - IDE controllers all support exactly two
drives maximum.  Check those jumpers.