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Rich Greenberg
I am (for the first time) building a PC from scratch.
It will have 2 EIDE hard drives and 2 other IDE devices (CD/DVD & tape
drive).
Which is the better of these configurations and why?
1: EIDE1-------HD2------HD1
EIDE2-------CD/DVD---Tape
2: EIDE1-------Tape-----HD1
EIDE2-------CD/DVD---HD2
3: EIDE1-------HD1------Tape
EIDE2-------HD2------CD/DVD
My previous PC (local white box builder) used #1. Is that better?
Also the HDs (seagate Barracudas) have jumper choices of Master, Slave
or cable select. Cable select is the default and they are shipped with
that jumper setting. Any reason not to use it?
It will have 2 EIDE hard drives and 2 other IDE devices (CD/DVD & tape
drive).
Which is the better of these configurations and why?
1: EIDE1-------HD2------HD1
EIDE2-------CD/DVD---Tape
2: EIDE1-------Tape-----HD1
EIDE2-------CD/DVD---HD2
3: EIDE1-------HD1------Tape
EIDE2-------HD2------CD/DVD
My previous PC (local white box builder) used #1. Is that better?
Also the HDs (seagate Barracudas) have jumper choices of Master, Slave
or cable select. Cable select is the default and they are shipped with
that jumper setting. Any reason not to use it?