Primary or Secondary IDE channel for CD writer?

[Guest]

Hi folks,

Whats the best position for a CD writer?

Currently I have my hard disc on the primary IDE, with a DVD ROM and CD writer on the secondary.

What should go where, and why?

Thanks in advance!

 

[svol]

The harddrive as master on the primary.
The CDWR as master on the secondary and the DVD ROM as slave on the secondary.
This is recommend by a lot of users on this forum.

My case has so many fans that it hovers above the ground .

 

[camieabz]

Harrumph!

[clears throat]

Sorry svol, but I prefer the DVD to go slaved to the HDD. This means nothing interferes with the CD-RW when burning CD to CD. Not that I do that stuff of course.

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[svol]

I'm very sure I saw a couple of 'high postcount' members advicing what I adviced in an other thread about the same subject.
They said that placing both the DVD as the CDRW at the same cable works very good altough a lot others (like you) don't recommend this.
I, myself, always tought that you had to place the DVD and the CDRW at different cables, but they recommend placing them on the same...but it could be wrong.

My case has so many fans that it hovers above the ground .

 

[camieabz]

I hear you.

BTW high post count = many posts. Not huge intelligence. Most of the time. Go by ratio of sensible posts.

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[Toejam31]

I would suggest (and I'll try to be sensible) ;-)

Primary hard disk as Master on IDE 1.

CD-RW as Master on IDE 2.

If the CD-RW and DVD-ROM are relatively similar in speed, and the CD-RW has a version of BURN-Proof, then slave the DVD-ROM to the CD-RW on IDE 2.

If you do a lot of "on-the-fly" CD copying, and the CD-RW does <i>not</i> have BURN-Proof ... slave the DVD-ROM to the Primary hard disk on IDE 1.

If the data transfer rate of the DVD-ROM is much slower than the CD-RW, either slave it to the Primary hard disk, and/or always cache the CD's contents to the hard disk and then make the copy, regardless of the device placement. This will avoid buffer-underruns. BURN-Proof isn't infallible, although it removes these kinds of problems almost entirely.

If you aren't going to do a lot of CD-to-CD copying, and/or don't mind caching the CD's contents to the hard drive when making copies, keep it as a slave on IDE 2.

In other words, what it boils down to is the data transfer rate of the DVD-ROM, whether the CD-RW has some variation of BURN-Proof, and if you are going to be copying CD's on-the-fly on a regular basis.

Did that make sense? LOL!

If you are not sure of your data transfer rates for your optical devices, there is a good testing site on the Web that can give you this information. Excellent site for testing different aspects of your system.

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You should also be able to locate the specifications for a particular device at the manufacturer's website.

Toejam31

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[camieabz]

See that!

Now that's a sensible post!

Not only does he give his opinions, he justifies them with lucid argument and also provides a link to provide extra info.

Gimme a T!!! Gimme a o!!!......

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[Spdy_Gonzales]

Say Chap, you are reallllllllllllllly wound up today!

"If it weren't for the last minute, alot of things wouldn't get done"

 

[camieabz]

Yep. I've been bored all day. Need to lose some energy breaking some computers and then fixing them again.

Too much Christmas sweets and not enough work to do. ZING!

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[svol]

I know that, just take Techie as example high post count, but also very many nonsense posts.
But there are a lot of members with many posts and much experience.

My case has so many fans that it hovers above the ground .

 

[Toejam31]

I try to be lucid (not easy sometimes, at my age)!

Toey >>>>> takes a "sensible" bow.

You're a crazy guy, camie. LOL!!!

Toejam31

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[Guest]

Thanks for the info guys

Good to see those familiar names are still posting! ( I havent been here for months).

All the best and, HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!