Re: Second h/drive performance

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From: namniar (this_at_that)
Date: 01/24/05 

Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 10:40:49 -0700

Generally do not mix hdd and optical drives on same cable. Therefore:

IDE 1 - Master (hdd with O/S on it)
          - Slave (hdd for data storage, video capture)

IDE 2 - Master (Optical Drive)

Are you using a 40 pin / 80 wire IDE cable for your hdd's? If you are
already using a 40/80 cable then consider that the cable may be bad and
replace it. CS on both hdd's should work if the Master (with O/S) is
connected on the end, and the Slave in the middle (The blue connector goes
on the IDE1 connector on the motherboard).

You could try setting the Master hdd to "master dual" and the Slave hdd to
"slave" on the back of the drives to see if that makes a difference.

Are both your hdd's 7200 RPM drives? (Probably if they are 120 GB)

r.

"stevie boy" <stevieboy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F1C48309-5B3C-4700-A3CF-D6EA99AAD4BD@microsoft.com...
> 120gb drive on 1st IDE channel set as Cable select & dvd writer on 2nd
> IDE
> channel set as CS. Fitting 2nd 120GB HD degrades Ist HD down to
> 16mbit/sec
> from 25mbit/sec & the new HD to 3mbit/sec( similar result using CS on
> both
> or Master/slave config). Similar results on second IDE channel. The new
> drive
> read/writes @ 26mbit/sec when as master on 2nd IDE. I need better
> performance
> for video capture, any ideas please.
> (The master is at the end of the IDE cable with slave in the middle!)
> Stevie

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