Master/slave DVDrom/CD-RW.. does it matter?

[Seyba]

Simple question: I have my ide cables hooked up so my Sony DVD-Rom is a master, and the Plextor CD-RW is a slave. Can that affect speed on both/either of them?

Thanks.

 

[Sukhoi]

I don't think it should really matter. Just put the fastest IDE drive as the master, which is probably the DVD-ROM anyway.

 

[BD231]

Its best to have CD-Recorders set as master

 

[Sukhoi]

Why? I've run my CD-RW as slave for 2 years with no problems.

 

[tonyaustin]

With modern IDE busses, there isn't much difference between master and slave. However if you are planning to copy files from a disc in your DVD drive to a CD-R or CD-RW, you will get a better transfer rate if they are on different channels. Ideally, you want your DVD-ROM drive on the primary channel and your CD-RW drive on the secondary channel.

-tony

 

[NelsonMuntz]

<< With modern IDE busses, there isn't much difference between master and slave. However if you are planning to copy files from a disc in your DVD drive to a CD-R or CD-RW, you will get a better transfer rate if they are on different channels. Ideally, you want your DVD-ROM drive on the primary channel and your CD-RW drive on the secondary channel.

-tony >>


This gentleman speaks with wisdom beyond his years (post count). It is best to keep the DVD-ROM on a separate channel from the CD-RW if you want to do "on-the-fly" copies. I usually keep the CD-RW as secondary master and the DVD-ROM as primary slave. That way anything I will be burning from (hard drive or DVD-ROM) is on a separate channel from the CD-RW. If you are going to keep them on the same channel, I would put the CD-RW as master and the DVD-ROM as slave.

 

[Sukhoi]

But if you put the DVD-ROM on the same channel as the HDD isn't it going to take longer to install programs? I would think with the bandwidth of current busses and the relative slowness of CD drives, that running a DVD-ROM and CD-RW on the same channel would still give it plenty of bandwidth. You would then also have the best speed for installing stuff to the HDD.

 

[Seyba]

<< But if you put the DVD-ROM on the same channel as the HDD isn't it going to take longer to install programs? I would think with the bandwidth of current busses and the relative slowness of CD drives, that running a DVD-ROM and CD-RW on the same channel would still give it plenty of bandwidth. You would then also have the best speed for installing stuff to the HDD. >>



Bumping my old topic. Sorry! Anyone know the answer to his question, though?

 

[Seyba]

Up you go. Read my above question.

 

[DaFinn]

Simple answer, NO!

Being a master or slave does not affect performance.

DVDs normally want to be setup as masters, or the autostart function will not work. Dont know about new drives, but my toshiba M1212 will not play DVD disks, if it is not the master.

Just in case you want to copy directly from dvd to cd-rw, it would be ideal if they would be in different ide channels. Otherwise it is safer to make an image to your hdd before copying to cd. Poor IDE cannot perform read and write operations simultaneously like scsi.

 

[tmung]

<< With modern IDE busses, there isn't much difference between master and slave. However if you are planning to copy files from a disc in your DVD drive to a CD-R or CD-RW, you will get a better transfer rate if they are on different channels. Ideally, you want your DVD-ROM drive on the primary channel and your CD-RW drive on the secondary channel.

-tony >>



Amen. This is one of the most apparent thngs to watch out for. In my experience Master/Slave doesn't matter nearly as much as which channel they're on. My brother was copying on the fly when both were on the same channel and had something like a 10-15 minute copy with a 24x burner which is just unacceptable. Switched channels and everything is much better.