- May 28, 2001
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I currently have 4 IDE devices (excluding Floppy)
1. Maxtor ATA100 7200rpm 40gig
2. Quantum Fireball 5200rpm 4gig
3. 32x HP CDrom
4. The new Toshiba 12x DVD Rom
How should I combo them in IDE cabling? (Primary/Secondary & Master/Slave) Is there a performance difference depending on how I cable them?
My current setup is:
Primary IDE: 1 master, 2 slave (both HDDs)
Secondary IDE: 3 master, free slave (before DVD that's why)
I heard that I should separate HDDs on diff. IDEs because having both drives on One clogs up the IDE bandwidth. Is this true? Does Primary get better performance? and within the same channel, does Master get better performance vs Slave? Someone explain this whole thing for me?
How should I set it up? I'm thinking this:
Primary IDE: 1 (Maxtor 40gig) master, 3 (HP 32x CDRom) slave
Secondary IDE: 4 (12x DVD) master, 2 (4 gig HD) slave
That way, HDs are separated to 2 channels, and DVD gets the Master on Secondary.. Can Someone clarify all this????
Thanks
~mOo
1. Maxtor ATA100 7200rpm 40gig
2. Quantum Fireball 5200rpm 4gig
3. 32x HP CDrom
4. The new Toshiba 12x DVD Rom
How should I combo them in IDE cabling? (Primary/Secondary & Master/Slave) Is there a performance difference depending on how I cable them?
My current setup is:
Primary IDE: 1 master, 2 slave (both HDDs)
Secondary IDE: 3 master, free slave (before DVD that's why)
I heard that I should separate HDDs on diff. IDEs because having both drives on One clogs up the IDE bandwidth. Is this true? Does Primary get better performance? and within the same channel, does Master get better performance vs Slave? Someone explain this whole thing for me?
How should I set it up? I'm thinking this:
Primary IDE: 1 (Maxtor 40gig) master, 3 (HP 32x CDRom) slave
Secondary IDE: 4 (12x DVD) master, 2 (4 gig HD) slave
That way, HDs are separated to 2 channels, and DVD gets the Master on Secondary.. Can Someone clarify all this????
Thanks
~mOo