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Dave,
Install the CD writer using the primary IDE on the motherboard, not the the
Promise card.
That's one benefit of using this card, it adds another two IDE channels for
a total of eight IDE devices - 4 hard drives on the card and 4 devices on
the motherboard.
Tim Klymkow
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Littlehale" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2000 9:30 AM
Subject: [PCBUILD] Connecting CD-RW to Promise Ultra33?
> I'm going to try a CD-RW again. My computer has Win95 4.0, Pentium 100,
32 RAM
>
> A few years ago I installed a Promise Ultra33 card to so I can have a
larger
> HD. The IDE1 has my 6.4 GB HD and the IDE2 has a 1.0 GB HD both as
primary.
>
> When I install the CD-RW, how do I configure the hard drives and the
writer on
> the Promise card? The 6.4 as the primary and the 1.0 as the slave on IDE1
and
> the CD-RW on IDE2 would be my guess. Is this correct?
>
> Any other suggestions? I realize I won't have the fastest cd writer with
a 100
> I'm at the bottom of the barrel.
>
> Thanks
>
> Dave Littlehale
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