Re: IDE Channels

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From: NoNoBadDog! (mypants_bjsledgeATpixi.com)
Date: 08/28/04 

Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2004 10:32:53 -1000

Cari offers one solution, however I would recommend both HDD on the Primary,
with the fastest as Master, and the Opticals on the Secondary, with the
fastest as primary. Most Optical drives are DMA 2 or DMA3, while most HDD
are DMA5. The transfer rates will suffer if the drives are mixed on the IDE
channels. A simple HDD tach utility will confirm this. On most modern
motherboards, it is the recommended procedure to Put HDD with HDD and
Optical with Optical. This will optimize date rates per IDE channel.

Bobby

"Cari (MS-MVP)" <Newsgroups1@coribright.com> wrote in message
news:uewTuSTjEHA.2812@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Personally I would have both hard drives as Masters and both optical
> drives as slaves, but opinions vary. Just ensure you use 80 wire cables
> and you should be fine.
> --
> Cari (MS-MVP Printing, Imaging & Hardware)
> www.coribright.com
>
> "Steve Paddock" <steven.paddock@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:CM4Yc.40049$a66.8409@fe2.news.blueyonder.co.uk...
>> Some advice please.
>>
>> I have 2 IDE Hard Drives and 2 DVD Drives (DVD ROM and DVD Writer). "C"
>> Drive is connected as the Master on Primary IDE Channel. What is the best
>> way to configure the remaining drives. Most data transfer occurs between
>> the 2 hard drives, but I would still like to keep a decent transfer rate
>> between the "C" drive and DVD Writer.
>>
>> Thanks for any help
>>
>
>

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