Board index › Topical Discussion › Computers, Math, Science, and Technology

For computer builders/fixers only!

Page 1 of 1 [ 15 posts ] 

Previous topic | Next topic

How do you set up your CD-ROM?
Primary slave 7%  7%  [ 4 ]
Primary slave 7%  7%  [ 4 ]
Secondary master 30%  30%  [ 16 ]
Secondary master 30%  30%  [ 16 ]
Secondary slave 13%  13%  [ 7 ]
Secondary slave 13%  13%  [ 7 ]
Total votes : 54

Aaron_Mason
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 3 Jul 2005
Age: 39
Gender: Male
Posts: 511
Location: Bathurst, Australia

27 Mar 2006, 9:54 pm

Which orientation do you put your CD-ROM?

I prefer to go secondary slave - only because it's what I've always done.



sc
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 23 Oct 2005
Gender: Male
Posts: 1,434
Location: Fortuna California

27 Mar 2006, 9:56 pm

Either or

Secondary master
Secondary slave



BladeX
Blue Jay
Blue Jay

User avatar

Joined: 8 Feb 2006
Gender: Male
Posts: 95

28 Mar 2006, 12:31 am

Secondary master or slave. Depends what if anything else I have on the secondary.


_________________
- MK: DS Friend code: 085.959.387.092
- AC: WW Friend code: 4596-2704-9968, name: David, Town: Aspen


jman
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 23 Oct 2004
Age: 41
Gender: Male
Posts: 1,278

28 Mar 2006, 8:12 pm

why would you want it on Primary master?



MishLuvsHer2Boys
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 8 Oct 2004
Age: 51
Gender: Female
Posts: 2,491
Location: Canada

28 Mar 2006, 8:42 pm

Usually I set it up as a secondary master, I think Ron (my partner and my sons' father runs a computer service/sales shop) sets them up as secondary master or slave if I recall right.



BladeX
Blue Jay
Blue Jay

User avatar

Joined: 8 Feb 2006
Gender: Male
Posts: 95

29 Mar 2006, 3:57 am

jman wrote:
why would you want it on Primary master?


Why would who want it on primary master? No one has mentioned putting it as primary master...


_________________
- MK: DS Friend code: 085.959.387.092
- AC: WW Friend code: 4596-2704-9968, name: David, Town: Aspen


autisticon
Sea Gull
Sea Gull

User avatar

Joined: 17 Jan 2006
Gender: Male
Posts: 209

29 Mar 2006, 9:32 am

Cable Select!



Laz
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 8 Dec 2005
Age: 43
Gender: Male
Posts: 4,540
Location: Dave's Toilet

29 Mar 2006, 11:18 am

BladeX wrote:
jman wrote:
why would you want it on Primary master?


Why would who want it on primary master? No one has mentioned putting it as primary master...


Only second.

And the reason some people do it on second master is because it can be quite funky to boot from the cd-rom. Bit of a novelty as far as im concerned but there are some funky things you can do with that kind of setup



Astreja
Snowy Owl
Snowy Owl

User avatar

Joined: 5 Mar 2006
Gender: Female
Posts: 133

02 Apr 2006, 3:18 am

I put all my CD-type devices on the secondary IDE channel, to keep them from dragging down the hard drive speed. Usually I put my burner as secondary master and any other CD or DVD drive as secondary slave.



Pikachu
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 24 Mar 2005
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Posts: 2,434
Location: half way up a big hill

12 Apr 2006, 5:29 pm

when I do build systems/install optical drives, i generally attach the optical drive to primary slave, though i would use either secondary channel if the primary slave was already occupied


_________________
Thanks Tinkerbell.

Allegedly away with the fairies for 6-7 years


Tremere
Yellow-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Woodpecker

User avatar

Joined: 5 Jun 2005
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Posts: 65

13 Apr 2006, 8:34 am

Whatever suits cabling requirements best.

I use higher end SMP motherboards, and the connectors for drives etc. are placed in positions better optimized for rackmount. On my last rig the secondary IDE cable was right below a PCI-X slot - with a really long SCSI card in, so getting it through was a bit of a problem. On my current one (ASUS K8N-DL) the secondary IDE is mounted horizontally.

In both the situations above it is not pratical to put the CD drive off the primary IDE cable. Of course there is the IDE speed hits if you have two devices on the same cable trying to talk but that isn't really an issue IMHO.

I wish optical drives would move to SATA cabling faster though.



nock
Emu Egg
Emu Egg

User avatar

Joined: 19 Mar 2006
Gender: Male
Posts: 2

14 Apr 2006, 4:58 am

Where's the option for SCSI?



mathogre
Snowy Owl
Snowy Owl

User avatar

Joined: 13 Sep 2005
Age: 67
Gender: Male
Posts: 140

14 Apr 2006, 11:45 am

Secondary master. On the homebuilt, it's secondary master with regular hard drives on both primaries and the secondary slave. On the old Dell, I have a CD-ROM/DVD-ROM on secondary master, and CD-R/RW on secondary slave.



Energy
Tufted Titmouse
Tufted Titmouse

User avatar

Joined: 20 Apr 2006
Gender: Male
Posts: 35

21 Apr 2006, 8:55 am

Since Ive had two cdroms Ive pretty much always gone with secondary primary and slave :)



Hu3
Tufted Titmouse
Tufted Titmouse

User avatar

Joined: 21 Apr 2006
Gender: Male
Posts: 29

22 Apr 2006, 10:40 am

I follow a grouping order - trying to get one type of drive onto one cable. This means that most often the CD is on secondary master.