Should a cdrw be set to master or slave?

[EmoshBZ]

I want to put a cdrw and cdrom on a secondary IDE cable. What should be set to master and slave?

 

[WillieEvercome]

It doesnt really matter. Make sure your jumpers are correct and your set to go. For less confusion just set them both to Cable select and you can swap them anytime.

 

[bub]

Some real smart kats have said your burner should be 'Master' and preferably on a different ide cable than your harddrive.

Not me! I'm not smart.

 

[Macro2]

Most people and manufacturters will tell you secondary master. Where you then put your CD-ROM is more contentious.

 

[MrDudeMan]

dont put either of them on the same cable with the hard drive

that is just asking for slowness and problems



i always put the CD-RW as secondary master and any other kind of cd-rom drive or dvd drive as secondary slave

 

[BFG10K]

I have my DVD on the secondary master and my CDRW on the secondary slave. I don't have any issues at all with burning discs or burning while I'm listening to CDs or playing DVD movies.

I really don't think it matters where you put them, I just like to keep my rig tidy by separating the optical drives from the HDs.