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Thread ID: 16925	2002-03-21 12:56:00	Installing a second CDRom drive	Guest (0)	Press F1

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40058	2002-03-21 12:56:00	I want to install a CD-RW drive. I already have a CR-Rom. Does it matter which is the slave & which is the master? Which drive should the CD audio cable be attached to? The IDE cable will be 'daisy chained' to the drives & m/board.	Guest (0)
40059	2002-03-21 13:11:00	Not sure about which is slave or master, but as far as the audio goes, I would put it on the CD-Rom and then play music from the CD_Rom. Playing it from the CD-RW is just going to wear out your more expensive drive faster. (CD-RW's wear out faster anyway.) G P	Guest (0)
40060	2002-03-21 13:56:00	It's best to set the CDRW drive as Master and the CD-ROM as slave. Whatever drive you attach the Audio cable too, will obviously be the only drive you can play Music CD's in, although you will still be able to 'RIP' music to MP3 in any drive.	Guest (0)
40061	2002-03-21 23:35:00	Which CD ROM has the faster read speed? As I'd have the fastest as your master, although it makes no real difference. I have my CD Writer as master and my DVD player as slave, both can read CD's just fine, but as for playing sound you should be able to run sound cables from the back of both into your sound card for direct paly, but this may be dependant as to how many sound ports you have on the side of your card (I've got a Creative Labs sound blaster Live card that has 3 internal sound ports to support 3 Cd Roms). Best of luck, Daniel	Guest (0)
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