What in the world is a JUMPER?

[OnlyCurious]

Newegg.com - Sony NEC Optiarc Black 18X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 18X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache E-IDE / ATAPI DVD Burner - OEM

I purchased this dvd burner and someone said I had to use a jumper... what is it and how do I do it??

 

[Greg]

It's a little plastic/metal thing that connnects 2 or more pins to change settings on hardware. In this case you would be moving the jumper to set the optical drive between master, slave, or cable select. Just look at the diagram on the drive to see where you should put it.

 

[S0ULphIRE]

http://images.thenerds.net/mfgno/JU/JUMPER254.jpg
http://www.harddriveupgrade.com/jumper_label_rhs.jpg

 

[Paisan]

When I was in the Coast Guard we used to recover "Jumpers" off the Golden Gate bridge. If we didn't get there in time they became "floaters."

Hehe, I know that's not the answer you were looking for, but I thought it was funny :laughing:

 

[veg1992]

It's a little plastic/metal thing that connnects 2 or more pins to change settings on hardware. In this case you would be moving the jumper to set the optical drive between master, slave, or cable select. Just look at the diagram on the drive to see where you should put it.

correct, also used in BIOS resets, but newer mobos use a boot-fail system and it auto resets

 

[OnlyCurious]

Do you guys think I'll have to use a jumper for ANYTHING when I put my system together? I'm using a p35-ds3r mobo.

 

[veg1992]

um.... no unless u have EIDE drives....

 

[OnlyCurious]

um.... no unless u have EIDE drives....

Yes, that's what my SONY dvd burner is....

 

[veg1992]

Yes, that's what my SONY dvd burner is....

get a SATA drive then, its only like 2$ more expensive

 

[Paisan]

The jumper is on the back of the device itself. Look at the third picture in the link you posted. You will have to refer to the documentation with the burner to find out which jumper you need to use. It is a very simple plug and go thing unless you are running a complex hdd raid setup or multiple optical drive array system.