Definitely keep the HD's together and the CD roms together. The slowest device on the chain will slow down the rest. Dave Jones http://www.vdoguy.com http://www.airmemories.com Camel: A horse designed by committee ----- Original Message ----- From: "apiscopo" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2003 9:28 AM Subject: [PCBUILD] Please Vote On This IDE Question(Thanks) It has always troubled me as to how best arrange 4 items on the Primary and Secondary IDE buses. We all agree that the Hard Drive should be the Master on the Primary IDE bus. But, what about the other 3 things a PC can have (all internal): a Zip Drive, a CD-ROM, and a CD-R. Which, in your opinion, based on your experience, have you found to work the best. In anticipation of some questions: PCBUILD maintains hundreds of useful files for download visit our download web page at: http://freepctech.com/downloads.shtml