Kevin Bucknum wrote:
The fastest any device will ever run on that channel will be whatever
the slowest device is. So even if you never use the CD/DVD drive,
your hard drive will be limited to the speed of the CD/DVD drive.
I don't believe this is true any more.
hda - ATA133
hdb - ATA66
At 20 August, 2003 Hemmann, Volker Armin wrote:
On Wednesday 20 August 2003 00:06, Jorge Almeida wrote:
OK, since today is dma-day...:)
I have two HDs, hda and hdc (hdb is the DVD/ROM drive and hdd doesn't
exist). Both IDE channels have 80-conductor 40-pin cables.
you should not (never!)
you should not (never!) but a harddisk and a cdrom/dvd-drive
on one channel.
Never.
It is a common source of slowdowns and trouble.
Even if you never really use the [CD|DVD] drive?
--
Andrew Farmer
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The fastest any device will ever run on that channel will be whatever
On Wednesday 20 Aug 2003 20:35, Kevin Bucknum wrote:
you should not (never!) but a harddisk and a cdrom/dvd-drive
on one channel.
Never.
It is a common source of slowdowns and trouble.
Even if you never really use the [CD|DVD] drive?
--
Andrew Farmer
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
The
The fastest any device will ever run on that channel will be whatever
the slowest device is. So even if you never use the CD/DVD drive,
your hard drive will be limited to the speed of the CD/DVD drive.
I don't believe this is true any more.
hda - ATA133
hdb - ATA66
hdc - ATA133
hdd -
On Wednesday 20 August 2003 00:06, Jorge Almeida wrote:
OK, since today is dma-day...:)
I have two HDs, hda and hdc (hdb is the DVD/ROM drive and hdd doesn't
exist). Both IDE channels have 80-conductor 40-pin cables.
you should not (never!) but a harddisk and a cdrom/dvd-drive on one channel.
