Where to plug in DVD Drive...

by tmf123 Mar 22, 2007 4:16AM PDT

I have a NFORCE 570 Slit-A motherboard. I have a single hard drive (250GB) that I have plugged into the SATA1 connector. I have 2 IDE Channels (one primary and one secondary). I currently have my DVD RW drive plugged into the secondard IDE channel.

Is that correct?

I was reading on a post that I need to buy an IDE card for the DVD but I don't see the sense in that if I have 2 IDE's available.

Thank you for your thoughts.

Tim

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If this was mine I'd

by r. proffitt Forum moderator Mar 22, 2007 4:32AM PDT

Get a nice 80 conductor IDE cable and from the primary IDE to the master connector on the cable with the drive set to CS plug it in there.

Bob

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Is SATA supposed to be faster than IDE?

by tmf123 Mar 22, 2007 7:29AM PDT

Bob,

Is SATA supposed to be faster than IDE?

Also,

Would it improve performance by moving the DVD drive to the primary master IDE?

Thanks again for your thoughts.

Tim

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I took your post as you were adding a DVD drive.

by r. proffitt Forum moderator Mar 22, 2007 7:33AM PDT

And to get the best effect I would use both channels.

-> Yes SATA can be faster but most DVD drives have read limits well below the SATA speeds and even IDE rates.

Let me comment that for XP, installing to a SATA drive (XP retail versions) can be troublesome for some. If I wanted to make it harder to install I'd give my tech all SATA components. This changes in Vista but that's another can of worms.

Bob

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