>
> 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:
>
> 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.
>
>Hope this helps a bit ...
>
>  Cheers,
>  David
>