IDE channels

[pepemach1]

Just a basic question that nobody seems to agree on (at least, the ones I spoke with ) I'm getting the Soyo Ultra Dragon KT-4.

What I want to know is, is it any use to put the DVD player, CD-RW and HDD each on their own individual channel?

Some tell me I won't gain anything, some say it's better when it's time to burn some CD's if the CD-RW is alone. If I don't gain anything, I won't bother putting 3 round cables, I'll just get one with 3 connectors on it and one with 2.

Thanks for taking time to read this.

Pepe

 

[lhgpoobaa]

Well does that dragon come with onboard raid?
If so then you can make the DVD the primary master, the cd-rw then secondary master and boot off the HDD on the first IDE RAID channel as a standard IDE drive.

If not, then probably the best setup is to have the HDD as primary master, then the dvd & cd-rw as master/slave on the secondary channel.

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[lhgpoobaa]

P.S. IDE cables with 3 drive connectors <b>DON'T EXIST</b>

the IDE interface only allows 2 drives, master & slave, per channel.


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[pepemach1]

Thank you for your reply,

Yes the Soyo has 2 regular IDE and 2 RAID on top of that.

As far as the cables go, I'm sorry, I meant 3 connectors total ( 1 for the board, 2 for the drives).

Thanks/ for answering, it's appreciated

Pépé

 

[camieabz]

I'd set my HDDs on the RAID (with or without RAID enabled) interfaces, set the DVD-ROM as Master 1, and the CD-RW as Master 2.


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