Tell about channels at last!

[Guest]

I have 10xDVD/40xCD - ROM and need to hook Plextor 16x/10x/40x. I think Plextor will read better than my DVD nad I will hook Plextor to my IDE Primary Master channel (don't worry about my hard drive - it is in Promise ata/100 channel), where should I hook my DVD for optimal perfomace?
I heard I should NOT hook it to Primary Slave channel, right? Should I hook it to Secondary Masetr channel? TELL ME AT LAST! PLEASE ! THANK YOU!

 

[Toejam31]

Yes, it should be the Secondary Master. You'll discover that with many DVD drives, you won't be able to do a firmware upgrade to the drive unless it is the Secondary Master, with no slave on the cable. If you don't have it connected up like that ordinarily, you have to move it later (at least, temporarily) so the upgrades will work correctly.

Considering your setup ... this is the best configuration for speed, and for copying CD's on-the-fly.

That was a good question, manarch!

Toejam31

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[Flyboy]

HOLY COW THAT'S ONE *HELL* OF RIG DUDE! Made me drool like Homer Simpson!

Catheter and Caffeine IV are in place. Let's PLAY.

 

[Toejam31]

Thanks for the compliment!

I'm about to change the motherboard to an ASUS P4T ... can't overclock with the Intel board, and besides, it's not even working ... the solder job on the board from the factory wasn't done very well, and a capacitor fell off! I expect to have something "cooking" with the new board.

See ya ... Toejam31

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[FatBurger]

Yeah, someone has a lot of money to spend...

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