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Master/Slave DVD/CDRW issues?

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THere must be a simple answer to this question but I haven't found it yet 🙂

On my primary IDE I have a single hard drive
On my secondary IDE I have a Master DVD and Slave CDRW.

In Windows XP, whatever is on slave seems to have huge issues accessing that disk (super-slow or locks up). It is the same if I reverse them. Has anyone ever experienced this and found a fix?
 
The CD-RW should be a Master. Make the DVD-ROM the slave on either channel. Play with your jumper settings though. I've run into a problem lately with WinXP recognizing optical drives on new systems. In those cases, switching the jumpers from "cable select" to specify "master" and "slave" (or vice versa) corrects the problem.
 
My drive configuration is the same as yours and I have no problems. I can watch dvds with no problems and I can burn without any problems. Here's my config:

Primary --> Seagate Barracuda IV (Master)
Secondary --> Lite-On 16x DVD (Master), Samsung 32x CDRW (Slave)

I don't use cable select, I set each drive as either master or slave.

Make sure everything is in DMA mode too.
- right click "My Computer", click "Properties", click the "Hardware Tab", now "Device Manager", open the "IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers", right click on "Primary IDE Channel", and finally "Advanced Settings"

Every device should say they are in one type of DMA mode. Do the same for the Secondary IDE Channel.

If your CDRW (or any other device) is in PIO mode, change it to DMA and give your computer a restart. Check the settings after the restart.

I don't think it really matters whether the CDRW or DVD is master or slave (other than priority) but someone might know more on that issue.











 
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