rounakr94 Distinguished Jul 28, 2013 1,581 12 20,415 Feb 14, 2016 #1 Can anyone say why my 500gb Wd Caviar Black is detected as Slave and LG dvd writer detected as master in bios? Will this hamper performance? Mobo is GA78LMT USB-3 by Gigabyte. Full system specs in signature
Can anyone say why my 500gb Wd Caviar Black is detected as Slave and LG dvd writer detected as master in bios? Will this hamper performance? Mobo is GA78LMT USB-3 by Gigabyte. Full system specs in signature
J joex444 Distinguished Feb 16, 2006 1,279 1 19,960 Feb 14, 2016 #2 Are you using the IDE/PATA port on the motherboard to connect these? If so, ignore it, it's fine. Upvote 0 Downvote
BadActor Expert Ambassador Oct 31, 2015 8,749 1 54,965 Feb 14, 2016 #3 http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/277623-32-master-slave-sata-drives Upvote 0 Downvote
rounakr94 Distinguished Jul 28, 2013 1,581 12 20,415 Feb 14, 2016 #4 No, all are connected to sata ports 4 and 5 which are near the IDE port. Because GPU obstructs port 0,1,2,3 port. Upvote 0 Downvote
No, all are connected to sata ports 4 and 5 which are near the IDE port. Because GPU obstructs port 0,1,2,3 port.