IDE has 133MB's of bandwith whihc is more than suitable for optical drives and hard disks as most only ever go up to 22megs and 55 megs respectively.
However, is it true that when u have 2 devices (a dvd burner and a dvdrom) connected in master/slave on one cable, only 1 can transmit at a time? (My motherboard only has one IDE socket and i don't hav any spare pci sockets for a ide controller card)
Considering that bother drives only go up to max 22megs and hav 256kb and 2mb cache, will connecting them on the same cable affect performance?
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for clarification, did u connect a hard disk AND an optical drive? or was it 2 optical drives as i do know for certain that the optical bottlenecks the hdd.
also, i thought that hdd/optical drives had 40 pin conenctors? how can u plug an 80 pin cable into a 40 pin socket?
Last edited by technology.sponge on Mon Aug 21, 2006 1:27 pm; edited 1 time in total
However, is it true that when u have 2 devices (a dvd burner and a dvdrom) connected in master/slave on one cable, only 1 can transmit at a time? (My motherboard only has one IDE socket and i don't hav any spare pci sockets for a ide controller card)
Considering that bother drives only go up to max 22megs and hav 256kb and 2mb cache, will connecting them on the same cable affect performance?
[b]Added 21st/8/6:
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| I have experienced this on every computer that I've done this with. I usually try to put my optical drive on the second controller with its own cable, as often as I can, as the performance really drops when both drives share the same controller. Its also a good idea to be sure that you use an 80-wire cable as well (ultra ATA instead of 40-wire ATA).
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for clarification, did u connect a hard disk AND an optical drive? or was it 2 optical drives as i do know for certain that the optical bottlenecks the hdd.
also, i thought that hdd/optical drives had 40 pin conenctors? how can u plug an 80 pin cable into a 40 pin socket?
Last edited by technology.sponge on Mon Aug 21, 2006 1:27 pm; edited 1 time in total
) Otherwise with a regular 40 Wire 40 pin cable it will be limited to reduced speeds.
