Problems with Master/ Slave DVD drives

[dwill77]

I built a new PC from scratch to see if I can still do it...I haven't built one since 1996. So I know a lot of things have changed including the update of IDE CD- Rom/Burners to SATAs.

I ordered these two DVD players listed below:

Sony NEC Optiarc Black IDE DVD-Rom Drive Model DDU1615/B2s - OEM

Sony NEC Optiarc 20x DVD+/-R DVD Burner with LightScribe Black SATA Model AD-7191S - OEM

In the BIOS, it shows both these drives as Masters. My question is that can you set one IDE DVD drive to Master and the SATA DVD to Slave? Or do you need to have a SATA drive and burner in order to set a Master and Slave (same with IDE...need both drive and burner)?

For those that want to know what I built:

Sony 1.44MB 3.5 F/D
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s H/D
GeForce 8600GT 128-bit GDDR3 PCI Express
Intel Core 2 Duo E4600 Allendale 2.4GHz 775 65W Duel-Core Processor
Kingston HyperX4GM(4 x 1GB) 240-pin DDR2 SDRAM 1066 (PC2 8500) Mem Sticks
Gigabyte GA-P35-DS4 Rev. 2.0 LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Ultra Durable II MoBo
HP GM321AA USB Standard Keyboard
Microsoft USB wired Optical Wheel Mouse

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

They can be left alone. You do not have to change the master/slave configuration as they are implemented by separate controllers. SATA does not require jumpering as IDE does when you have two drives on the same channel. Repeat, your drives are not on the same channel.

 

[corkyg]

Magnus is correct. SATA drives do not share channels. Each has its own channel - all are therefore equivalent to PATA Masters.