IDE config!

[CheGuevara]

i have an Asus A7V, it has
ATA 100, and ATA 66
one person suggested that i get 4 IDE cables which i already have and connect them each seperately to the MB.
CDRW and DVD to ATA 66
and my 2 Hard drives ATA 100
and said i should set everything on master
Since i am new with this, i would like to know if this is ok to do. if not how shoudl i do it, if yes will i be able to copy from CDRW TO DVD or whatever. Like i said i am new, so i don't know
pardon me for my ignorance
thanks


i got a reply once on another board:
"you should be ok. you definitely need to have your cd-rw and dvd-rom on different channels to copy directly from cd to cd. you will have maximum performance from your drives with that setup. you do risk running out of irq's, depending upon how many other devices you're running."

ok i am new at this and i am not sure what he means by running out of IRQs,
i have a network card, a modem, sound card, CDRW, DVD, 2 hard drives, floppy

thanks for any kind of help

 

[office boy]

Sounds good, You will have to do all your installing with your boot drive on the ATA-66 channel, then after you have the promise ATA-100 drivers installed you can move it to the ATA-100 channel, besides that, it IS the optimal setup for you.
(BTW it's how my system is set up)

ATA-66 chan1 = DVD drive
ATA-66 chan2 = CD-RW
ATA-100 chan1 = IDE ZIP 100
ATA-100 chan2 = IBM 13.? HD
fasttrak66 chan1 = WD expert 9.1
fasttrak66 chan2 = WD expert 9.1

BTW it IS a mess of cables, so you migh want to look here to find out about rounding your cables