Building new system. Asus A7V133 Moboard with 4 IDE connectors.
One Toshiba 40x CD-ROM
One Phillips 8x4x32 CD-RW
On computer I originally had those on, CD-ROM was master/CD-RW was slave.
On Win98SE, I would go and playa game and I would have to put game CD in CD-RW which was a lot slower. Could go and get my car filled with gas and come back while X-Wing Alliance loaded.
New system is going to be running WIN2K. The ribbon cable goes from moboard to CD-RW then to CD-ROM. CD-ROM is set as mester on jumpers and CD-RW is slave. Is this right? I want my CD-Rom to be my primary CD Burner, especially when I go and Load WIN2K.
Or since I have 4 IDE connectors on board, with 2 being for ATA100/RAID0 or1 and the other two for IDE devices should I run a ribbon cable from each CD-ROM to their own individual IDE connector on board and set them both as master. Along that same line, my motherboard camewithtwo ATA100 ribbon connections, Do I have to use them on the CD-ROMS or can I use and older ATA33 cable?
Thanks
Matt
One Toshiba 40x CD-ROM
One Phillips 8x4x32 CD-RW
On computer I originally had those on, CD-ROM was master/CD-RW was slave.
On Win98SE, I would go and playa game and I would have to put game CD in CD-RW which was a lot slower. Could go and get my car filled with gas and come back while X-Wing Alliance loaded.
New system is going to be running WIN2K. The ribbon cable goes from moboard to CD-RW then to CD-ROM. CD-ROM is set as mester on jumpers and CD-RW is slave. Is this right? I want my CD-Rom to be my primary CD Burner, especially when I go and Load WIN2K.
Or since I have 4 IDE connectors on board, with 2 being for ATA100/RAID0 or1 and the other two for IDE devices should I run a ribbon cable from each CD-ROM to their own individual IDE connector on board and set them both as master. Along that same line, my motherboard camewithtwo ATA100 ribbon connections, Do I have to use them on the CD-ROMS or can I use and older ATA33 cable?
Thanks
Matt
