Secondary IDE Channel - running in mixed modes

O

oceanclub

I'm having problems burning CDs, so I first checked the mode that the
drives are running in. I have two drives attached to the secondary IDE
channel:

* NEC DVD RW ND-2510a
* TEAC CD-W524E

In Secondary IDE Channel Properties->Advanced Settings, I find that
although both devices have Transfer Mode set to "DMA if available",
device 0 is running in PIO Mode.

(Question - how to I know which drive device 0 is?)

I've tried uninstalling the IDE channel and rebooting to re-install it.
Is it possible that one of the above drives _only_ works in PIO mode?
Or is there another problem here?

Regards,

P.
 
P

peterk

Device O is usually the one set as the master on that cable
Your manual will tell you the speed of transfer
peterk
 
W

wdg

If both CD drives are connected to the same IDE channel then you will not
be able to perform drive-to-drive transfers without performing an interim
copy to the HD. This is terribly inefficient and slows the process.
 

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