Optical drive configuration

[Craig Palme]

Am installing a dvd burner and dvd rom drive. Should the burner be the
primary drive on the ide channel and the rom secondary? Or does it really
matter? BTW on the first ide channel I have 2 hard drives so both optical
drives as primary isn't an answer.

 

[Dave C.]

Am installing a dvd burner and dvd rom drive. Should the burner be the
primary drive on the ide channel and the rom secondary? Or does it really
matter? BTW on the first ide channel I have 2 hard drives so both optical
drives as primary isn't an answer.

it shouldn't matter, but make the ROM the master. -Dave

 

[Conor]

Am installing a dvd burner and dvd rom drive. Should the burner be the
primary drive on the ide channel and the rom secondary? Or does it really
matter? BTW on the first ide channel I have 2 hard drives so both optical
drives as primary isn't an answer.

Doesn't matter. Larger caches, faster IDE transfer rates and Burnrite
technology have pretty much made the problem redundant.

 

[Craig Palme]

it shouldn't matter, but make the ROM the master. -Dave

That's what I was thinking, but this guy at work who builds computers said I
should make the burner the master. I was figuring that it wouldn't make any
difference and since I already have the rom as the master, why change?

 

[Hackworth]

Am installing a dvd burner and dvd rom drive. Should the burner be the
primary drive on the ide channel and the rom secondary? Or does it really
matter? BTW on the first ide channel I have 2 hard drives so both optical
drives as primary isn't an answer.

Nowadays it really doesn't matter, but old habits die hard, so I always
still make the burner the master.

 

[Craig Palme]

Thanks.

Doesn't matter. Larger caches, faster IDE transfer rates and Burnrite
technology have pretty much made the problem redundant.


--
Conor

An imperfect plan executed violently is far superior to a perfect plan.
-- George Patton

 

[Craig Palme]

Nowadays it really doesn't matter, but old habits die hard, so I always
still make the burner the master.

Well in my system I planned on having the rom the master and be installed in
the top drive bay. I figured that I would be using the rom drive the most,
doing burning from time to time, and that I would wear out the rom drive
first. Thus having it installed in the top drive bay, it would be easier to
change. Though, I suppose I could twist the ide cable around...

 

[Bill Eversole]

Craig,

You can keep the DVD-ROM drive in the top. No need to twist IDE cable
around.
Just use the Master jumper on the back of the DVD burner and the slave
jumper on the back of DVD-ROM drive instead of cable select.

HTH

Bill