Re: The right way to set up 2 HDDs and 2 cd writers?
- From: "Kerry Brown" <kerry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx*a*m>
- Date: Thu, 26 May 2005 11:39:40 -0700
"Jeff" <no_em@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I currently have 2 HDDs set as primary master and slave, and a cd writer as
>secondary master. I've just bought an IDE dvd writer, and have heard that
>it's not good to have the 2 cd/dvd drives on the same IDE bus. I thought i
>would just set the dvd and cd writers up on the same cable as master and
>slave. Is this a bad idea? What's the best way to set up all four devices
>please?
> Ta muchly
>
You'll probably receive a lot of conflicting answers. It seems to work
differently with different hardware. If all your hardware is fairly new and
conforms to the current standards then theoretically it shouldn't make any
difference how you hook them up. In the real world I usually hook up hard
drives on one cable and other drives on a different cable and have had no
problems. Make sure both cables are 80 pin not 40 pin cables. If you want
that last 1% of performance you'll have to find a hard drive bench mark or
devise your own and test all the different combinations :-)
Kerry
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