If you want to use the cable select mode for you IDE disc, you need to connect it to the correct connector on the cable

The two connector closed to each other are the one to connect the discs. The other site is meant to be connected on the computer side.

Les deux connecteurs les plus proches l'un de l'autre servent à brancher les disques dur. De l'autre coté la nappe est branché sur la carte controleur IDE. Generally, the connector end of the cable is black, this is the master disk that you plug to it, the middle connector is gray, this is the slave connector.

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