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> 1.) You don't wanna put a CD dee-vice on the primary because it would
> slow your hard drive down (reduced PIO mode).
There is a lot of confusion and misinformation about this issue. I had this
same question when I first installed my Segate ULTRA drive and wanted to
run either a non Ultra or Cd drive as a slave ..... so I asked Seagate ,
Western digital and Promise ....who advised me that it makes no difference.
In addition my FIC PA2007 manual states
<The mainboard also supports existing PIP Mode3, PIO Mode 4 and DMA Mode2
devices using the same cable.>
I have tried it both ways....same channel....separate channels ...... and
have benchmarked no difference.
Mark
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>Seems to me that:
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> 1.) You don't wanna put a CD dee-vice on the primary because it would
> slow your hard drive down (reduced PIO mode).
> 2.) With 2 CD dee-vices on the secondary running at the same PIO mode
> it wouldn't necessarily matter whether the burner was master or
> slave.
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>Hope this helps a bit ...
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> Cheers,
> David
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