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All,
Thx 4 advice so far!
Should I then have my two ide hard drives on one channel,
and my two cd drives on the other?
I thought that was bad practice!
CeNo.
>-----Original Message-----
>In general... Don't put a CD, CD burner, DVD, or DVD
burner on the same
>IDE channel as a hard drive. IDE will transfer data at
the maximum speed
>allowed by the "slowest" device (e.g. much slower than
your hard drive can
>transfer data).
>
>In general...CD writers and DVD writers are not happy
being slaves. Some,
>indeed, will not function properly as a slave.
>
>steve
>
><anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>news:5c3701c42d76$080b0fb0$a101280a@phx.gbl...
>> Hi,
>>
>> On the primary ide I have a boot drive, and cdriter as
>> slave - jumpers correct.
>> I have the a HDD as secondary master, and dvdwriter as
>> secondary slave on the secondary ide connector.
>>
>> Tried all jumper settings, cables etc...
>>
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >It is a bit unusual to put a slow-speed device like a
CD
>> drive on the
>> >primary IDE controller. That is usually used for hard
>> drives. If you have
>> >a secondary IDE controller, and many motherboards do,
>> try connecting the CD
>> >drive to it.
>> >
>> >Also, did you set the jumpers on the CD drive
correctly,
>> meaning slave vs
>> >master?
>> >
>> >
>> >"CeNo" <seanoevil@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> >news:5b8801c42d62$2e6b85e0$a001280a@phx.gbl...
>> >> All,
>> >>
>> >> During POST i get the message,'primary slave device
>> ATAPI
>> >> incompatibility' error.
>> >>
>> >> So I dont get to see my HL DT ST GCE 8320B LG
CDwriter
>> in
>> >> Windows XP.
>> >>
>> >> I have looked high and low for a way to solve this,
but
>> >> to no avail. The drive is only a year or so old.
>> There
>> >> is no firmware update for it! It worked in my old
PC,
>> >> before I rebuilt a new box today!
>> >>
>> >> Any ideas wold be greatly appreciated.
>> >>
>> >> Plz email answers to me.
>> >>
>> >> CeNo
>> >
>> >
>> >.
>> >
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