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Installing CD-RW, which EIDE cable?

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lispro

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I just got a new lite on CD-RW 40x12x48 (LTR 40125RTL), and I'm wondering about the best way to install this.
I have a Epox 8KTA3 mobo (no raid) and currently have the setup:

Primary IDE
Master: hard drive
Slave: none

Secondary IDE
Master: ASUS 50x CD-ROM
Slave: none

I plan to do mostly copying of audio CDs, and make some MP3s.
My question is, should I
A: Install CD-RW as the Slave on Secondary IDE channel
B: Install CD-RW as the master on secondary IDE, and make the CD-ROM the slave
C: Make the CD-RW or the CD-Rom the slave on the primary IDE channel for better/faster copying, (but would this limit the hard drive speed?)
D:something else?
Thanks
 
I vote for a version of C.

Make the CDROM the slave on the primary with your hard drive and the burner the master on the secondary channel. This way you can burn without issue disk to disk and hard drive to disk.

If you just put the CDROM on the 80 conductor ATA100 cable it won't limit the speed of your hard drive. Only downside is if you use the CDROM to install games or if you don't do complete installs and play off of the CDROM, this might cause some slowdowns due to them both sharing the same channel.
 
Def. Install as a slave on the primary, if not you may have conflicts or slow burn times from cd to cd. Install the 50x as a master on the secondary IDE. Then you should be ready to roll.
 
Originally posted by: WarCon
I vote for a version of C.

Make the CDROM the slave on the primary with your hard drive and the burner the master on the secondary channel. This way you can burn without issue disk to disk and hard drive to disk.

If you just put the CDROM on the 80 conductor ATA100 cable it won't limit the speed of your hard drive. Only downside is if you use the CDROM to install games or if you don't do complete installs and play off of the CDROM, this might cause some slowdowns due to them both sharing the same channel.
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I'll vote for that too, good catch on that one.

To possible solve the 2nd paragraph is to use the burner to install the games, therefore you advoid that issue if doing a complete intsall.
 
Thanks for the replies.
I assume that for the games I already have that when they start they look for the drive letter of the cd-rom that installed the program and not a specific cd-rom(ie my Asus 50x). So I guess I should make sure that if I put the new CD-RW as the master on the secondary channel, I should assign it the drive letter of my old asus cd -rom. Are drive letter assignments done in the BIOS or in Windows (98)?

Thanks again
 
Originally posted by: lispro
Thanks for the replies.
I assume that for the games I already have that when they start they look for the drive letter of the cd-rom that installed the program and not a specific cd-rom(ie my Asus 50x). So I guess I should make sure that if I put the new CD-RW as the master on the secondary channel, I should assign it the drive letter of my old asus cd -rom. Are drive letter assignments done in the BIOS or in Windows (98)?

Thanks again
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You can change drive letters in Win98

 
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