K8V SE, HD/CDROM config help?

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Bob Petruska

I'm in the process of changing over to the K8V SE Deluxe mb this week. I'm
currently running an Asus A7V MB and it's running flawlessly in the current
driver configuration. I have 4 drives, each on its own port connector on
the A7V, DVD burner on Primary IDE (ATA66) port, CD burner on Secondary IDE
(ATA66)port, and each HD on a Primary (ATA100) or Secondary (ATA100)Promise
port.

Now I notice that the K8V SE mb only has Primary/Secondary PATA ports and
one RAID Primary PATA port.
The manual states that no ATAPI (DVD/CDROM) devices are allowed on the RAID
Primary (PATA)port.


What is the best configuration below for my drives?

1. DVD/CDROM drives as master and slave (single cable)on IDE Primary port
with the 2 HD's as master and slave (single cable) on IDE Secondary port?

or

2. DVD drive(master) on IDE Primary port, CDROM(master) on IDE Secondary
port with the 2 HD's on the RAID Primary port? Can the RAID Primary port
support 2, PATA HD's on a single cable. I don't wish to use the RAID
function, I just want to use as 2 independent HD's.

I'm looking for stability and speed as I had with the A7V.

Any other suggestions would be welcomed.
 
J

JBM

Bob Petruska said:
I'm in the process of changing over to the K8V SE Deluxe mb this week. I'm
currently running an Asus A7V MB and it's running flawlessly in the current
driver configuration. I have 4 drives, each on its own port connector on
the A7V, DVD burner on Primary IDE (ATA66) port, CD burner on Secondary IDE
(ATA66)port, and each HD on a Primary (ATA100) or Secondary (ATA100)Promise
port.

Now I notice that the K8V SE mb only has Primary/Secondary PATA ports and
one RAID Primary PATA port.
The manual states that no ATAPI (DVD/CDROM) devices are allowed on the RAID
Primary (PATA)port.


What is the best configuration below for my drives?

1. DVD/CDROM drives as master and slave (single cable)on IDE Primary port
with the 2 HD's as master and slave (single cable) on IDE Secondary port?

or

2. DVD drive(master) on IDE Primary port, CDROM(master) on IDE Secondary
port with the 2 HD's on the RAID Primary port? Can the RAID Primary port
support 2, PATA HD's on a single cable. I don't wish to use the RAID
function, I just want to use as 2 independent HD's.

I'm looking for stability and speed as I had with the A7V.

Any other suggestions would be welcomed.
Click to expand...

You can set the Promise controller for use as RAID or normal IDE in the
BIOS.

Jim M
 

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