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Adding CD Burner to a ATA 133 system

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Soapm

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I want to add a DVD burner to my ATA 133 system. Presently, I have 3 ATA 133 drives. One on my primary and two on the secondary channel. I believe if I add the burner to my primary channel it will slow to the speed of the ATA 133 drive to that of the burner (UDMA 2). Is that correct?

If I add one of those cards that will go in a PCI slot to my PC, put the burner on it, will my other drives stay at ATA 133 (UDMA 6) while the burner runs at UDMA 2?
 
Originally posted by: Soapm
I want to add a DVD burner to my ATA 133 system. Presently, I have 3 ATA 133 drives. One on my primary and two on the secondary channel. I believe if I add the burner to my primary channel it will slow to the speed of the ATA 133 drive to that of the burner (UDMA 2). Is that correct?
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probably. what are your drives? do you have other optical drives? generally speaking, there is no need for a CDROM, CDRW, or DVDROM as your DVDburner will do the work of all 3.

If I add one of those cards that will go in a PCI slot to my PC, put the burner on it, will my other drives stay at ATA 133 (UDMA 6) while the burner runs at UDMA 2?
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yes.

 
My drives are Maxtor's. I am not sure what you mean by optical but I currently have a SCSI R412C plexwriter and a SCSI 32X Ultraplex. I will probably donate the plexwriter to my daughter but will keep the Ultraplex. It makes copying CD's that much easier.
 
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