The recommendation that I got with my older CDRW was to put the RW on the primary of the secondary controller, and the the cdrom on the slave of that controller. Keeping the primary controller for hard drives only.
Keith thompson Tom wrote: > > I guess that the hard drive is probably connected to the > primary controller and the CD-ROM is connected to the > secondary controller, both being masters. Does this make sense? > > Now, would it be better to connect a CDRW to the second > controller as a master and make the CD-ROM a slave, or, > better to put the CDRW on the primary controller as a slave > leaving the hard drive the master? > > Thank you very much, > > Tom > > ** [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Clint Hamilton Wrote: > >As you found out, the floppy is totally different from an IDE > >device. IDE and EIDE use the same 40 pin cables and are the > >same thing basically, the E is just 'enhanced'. They use the > >IDE controllers on a motherboard. IDE is Integrated Drive > >Electronics (aka Intelligent Drive Electronics). > > > >The floppy cable is a 34 pin cable connected to a > >motherboards floppy controller. Assuming your mobo is a > >typical board (you don't say what it is), you can hook up 2 > >IDE or EIDE devices PER controller for a total of 4. On each > >IDE controller, one must be jumpered as a master and the > >other a slave. The jumpers are on the rear of the drives and > >are usually labeled. (look for MS and SA or SL for 'master' > >and 'slave' respectively). -- Keith Thompson, Worthington, OH (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) Home Web Page: http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~kthompson/ Genealogy Web Page: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~kthompson Don't wait for your ship to come in, swim out to it. ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
