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Re: Did I miss something?



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I've also heard that you don't want to put a high speed drive on the same
IDE chain as a slower device (like CD-ROM), because everything on that
cable/chain will supposedly negotiate to the transfer speed of the slowest
device on the chain.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Brown" <markbrown@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "OMEGA-LIST" <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2002 8:53 AM
Subject: Re: Did I miss something?


> Hello  Free,
>
> F> such problems.  Sounds more like a hardware conflict than a SW problem
to
> F> me.  Even though you have it jumpered correctly, I would double check
that,
> F> perhaps moving it to the primary on the secondary IDE channel.  Good
luck.
>
> Plus  you know I think you can not mix CDROM and ATA100 hd on the same
> cable.  I  think they each have to have their own, thats the way I did
> mine.  Every drive has its own cable.
>
>
>
> --
>
> Have a Great Day, Mark
>
> http://www.markbrown.com
>