IDE Drive Ribbon Locations?

both hard drives on the same ide cable to ide1. if a h/d
and cdrom are on the same cable the transfer rate
defaults to the slowest device i.e cdrom.
>-----Original Message-----
>In general, what is a better setup for a computer with 2
>hard drives, cd rom drive, and a burner. Both HDs on
the
>same cable or a HD and one of the CD-Roms on the same
>cable?
>
>Thanks
>
>ADAM
>.
>

[Rich Barry]

With the newer Busmaster IDE Drivers a hard drive sharing the same
cable with a cdrom is no
big deal. To get the maximum efficiency out of your cdrom and cdr burner you
want to place them
on different cables.
> wrote in message
...
> both hard drives on the same ide cable to ide1. if a h/d
> and cdrom are on the same cable the transfer rate
> defaults to the slowest device i.e cdrom.
> >-----Original Message-----
> >In general, what is a better setup for a computer with 2
> >hard drives, cd rom drive, and a burner. Both HDs on
> the
> >same cable or a HD and one of the CD-Roms on the same
> >cable?
> >
> >Thanks
> >
> >ADAM
> >.
> >