IAA and different devices on ide channel.

alfonso · Post by **alfonso** » Thu Dec 18, 2003 5:17 pm

The latest version of Intel app. acc. claims that different transfer modes are available for both devices on an ide channel. Does this mean that an UDMA-2 cd or dvd writer (as shown in IAA tool) set as slave doesn't slow down the master UDMA-5 (as shown) hd?

I would like to have dvd burner without removing my great plextor cd burner, so I should put it as slave on the 2nd ide channel, where my audio hd is master...of course it would not work when making audio, but.......who knows better?

Thanks

siberiansun · Post by **siberiansun** » Thu Dec 18, 2003 7:11 pm

the only reliable thing i heard on this issue so far is that when 2 devices share an IDE cable, the slowest one "wins".

of course i would be extremely happy to be proven wrong!