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Thread ID: 14325	2002-01-05 04:39:00	quick and dirty harddive+cd rom test	Guest (0)	Press F1

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29860	2002-01-05 04:39:00	in response to the ata questions down the page i did a very quick test to see if pairing a cdrom and a harddrive on te same ide channel would slow down the harddrive. setup- one baracudda2 ata66 hdtach adv of 25MB/s sustained read speed, hp cd burner ata33 and poineer dvd ata66.(auto insert is off) a 568 meg folder was coppied from the hardrive to my main drive (raid array). times- hd on its own 54 sec hd + cd 57sec hd + dvd 55 sec. bugger all difference between them. however if the cdroms where in use i would say that the times would be different but i can't test that just at the mo.	Guest (0)
29861	2002-01-05 05:45:00	Hello tweak'e Your results would depend on lots of factors, including your motherboard spec's cabling etc also results would change as soon as the CDRom is brought into use, have a look at the following link > mycomputerstore.ca Alan	Guest (0)
29862	2002-01-05 06:07:00	thx allan that site had a good bit of info. the reason why the times were not much diifferent is proberly due to the hardrive being slower than 33MB/s. its basicly running the same speed at ata33 as it was at ata66. unfortunatly i don't have a faster spare drive and my mates newish one tested slower than 33MB/s. if anyone has some spare time to run some testing..............;-)	Guest (0)
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