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| 111645 | 2003-01-07 04:03:00 | Running Win98 - Pent 1600 What is correct - both connected from IDE 2 (a) cd rom as MASTER and cd writter as SLAVE or (b) cd writter as MASTER and cd rom as SLAVE |
teddybear (2443) | ||
| 111646 | 2003-01-07 04:17:00 | There is no correct method for having either drive as master or slave. It's completely optional. If it was my PC I usually like drive letters being the same as which CD drive is closer to me. So if My CDWriter was the top drive and the CDROM was below it D: will be CDWriter and E: will be CDROM. As I say it's completely optional. | Kame (312) | ||
| 111647 | 2003-01-07 04:59:00 | Connect the Hard drive as master on the Primary IDE. Connect the CDWriter as master on the Secondary IDE. The CDRom can go as slave on either but my preference is on the Secondary as a slow CDRom drive can inhibit the speed of the hard drive when on the same cable. |
Elephant (599) | ||
| 111648 | 2003-01-07 05:04:00 | Actually, it does matter... Your CD writer should be on master, if your cd-rom is not the fastest available, as any slow cd-rom will have flow on effects to the digital audio extraction, DMA, etc of the writer. Lo. |
Lohsing (219) | ||
| 111649 | 2003-01-07 05:34:00 | I know nothing about fitting hardware, but an observation. Wouldn't it be better to use the CDRom as master, and Writer as slave? I was told that you should always use the CDRom in preference to the Writer for playing music CDs, games (hence it being wired as master) My thoughts anyway BALDY:-) |
Baldy (26) | ||
| 111650 | 2003-01-07 05:40:00 | Hi Which ever one has the faster read speed use as the master but it doesnt matter if its the other waty around |
M@TT (149) | ||
| 111651 | 2003-01-07 07:53:00 | cd rom is 52x cd rw is 12x10x32 teddybear |
teddybear (2443) | ||
| 111652 | 2003-01-07 07:55:00 | Well, cd-rom master, writer as slave... Lo. |
Lohsing (219) | ||
| 111653 | 2003-01-07 08:00:00 | normally it dosn't really matter which is master or slave. however some cd writers like to be on the master, don't ask me why but some are less problematic that way. | tweak'e (174) | ||
| 111654 | 2003-01-07 08:42:00 | Thanks to all who replyed to my message | teddybear (2443) | ||
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