PQ>>Can this true?  One just plugs in the new drive and off you go?!?

 TW> It is True Paul. SATA is a single Drive system Each Drive has it's
 TW> own port hence no jumper settings required.

 PQ> Gee whiz!  The wonders of modern science never fail to impress me. 
 PQ> So, the second drive added-on just assumes the role of the slave...

there is no master/slave relationship with SATA...

 PQ> probably because of its position on the cable?  Golly.  Mmm... that
 PQ> sounds familiar.  :) 

there are only two connectors on a SATA cable... one that connects to the
board and one that connects to a drive... more SATA drives require more
SATA cables and ports on the board to connect them to... it is the port
they are connected to that determines what position in the chain of drives
they take... i have no clue if PATA IDE defaults to the first entries or
not, though...

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