CDROM/CDRW Lineup

[role1]

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

 

[nealh]

Here is my setup...

A7V133
30gb Maxtor on Promise ATA100/Raid... IDE 3..master

IDE1...Tosh 48cdrom..master
IDE2...Plex 121032..master


This work great...of course you could place cdrw on IDE1 and CDrom on IDE2

This place the HDD on Promise controller and separate from cdrom/cdrw...do not put cdrom or cdrw on Promise Asus manual tells you this will cause major problems...

 

[fow99]

I once got a warning from one of the burning programs (can't remember which) that
connect both CD drives on one cable will cause CD copying problem.

 

[NelsonMuntz]

Nero warns that burning "on-the-fly" (straight from CD-ROM to CD-RW) is hazardous when both devices are on the same channel. If you have four IDE channels, then why not give each device it's own channel. Keep the hard drive(s) on the RAID IDE connectors and put the CD/RW as master on IDE 0 and CD-ROM as master on IDE 1. This will keep you from having any speed problems and allow you to play CDs on either drive at maximum speed. Also, <edit>most</edit> CD devices do not need any more than ATA33 ribbon cables. The ATA100 are for your hard drive(s).