Just bought an ASUS A7V... please help me set it up

[Fuse]

Hey,
I just bought the ASUS A7V motherboard and I was wondering what would be the best way to connect my devices.
I have a IBM 30GB drive ,a toshiba DVD drive and a yamaha IDE CDRW.
I was thinking that the hard disk should be the primary master on the promise controller(as its ATA 100).
I not really sure how the toshiba and the yamaha drives should be.
maybe the toshiba primary master on the southbridge, and the yamaha secondary master on the southbridge.

I'm not really sure and I could use some advice...

 

[PrelateBishop]

I too have the A7V. Here's how mine is setup:

- 45GB IBM HD ---> master device, first channel on ATA100 controller
- 12/10/32 Plextor CD-RW ---> master device, first channel on ATA66 controller
- 16x Pioneer DVD ---> master device, second channel on ATA66 controller

Hope this helps.

 

[Fuse]

yeh it does thanks.
got any tips how to tweak this baby??

 

[Fuse]

bump

 

[PrelateBishop]

There are several helpful Web sites on the topic. You can go:

here
or
here.

If those don't cure what ails ya, the go:


here, here or here. Plenty of good info available, so read up on the subject.