I am looking for some configuration advice. The contestants: WesternDigital 38400 8.4GB IDE UDMA2 Hard Disk, BTC 36X IDE UDMA2 CD-ROM, and a Iomega Zip IDE Mode0 drive. What is the best configuration regarding which ports to connect what to, if any. In the past I simply put the hard disk on the primary IDE and the CD-ROM on the secondary IDE ports. However, with more devices coming in IDE flavors, I am wondering if there are any rules of thumb for the best configurations/performance regarding the devices. I am interested in a specific answer for this configuration, but I would really like the "why", if there are any rules of order. Follow Up Question: I can already see this getting messier. For example: Hard Disk, CD-ROM, Zip Drive, & IDE TapeBackup. Which is why I am more interested in the details. Any web resources? Thank you for your courtesy, Richard Micko Clipper Computer, Inc. [log in to unmask] ----- **Need help with PCBUILD mailing list? Send an Email to:** Bob Wright<[log in to unmask]> or Drew Dunn<[log in to unmask]>