I wish to second what Jun says here.  Also, if the CD/R is on a separate
channel (and the only device on that channel) there is less likelihood of
problems when burning.

From: Ultra <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, October 28, 1999 6:17 AM
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Connecting Drives to MB


> "James Leo Woodford, Jr." wrote:
>
> > Erik,
> >
> > The floppy drive will be connected to the connector
> > that is not the same size as the other two. It will be
> > on that connector by itself.
> >
> > The hard drive should be attached to primary IDE
> > connector. This is the "1st" on the connectors that
> > look the same and should be marked something like IDE1
> > or PRIMARY. It should be connected as a single drive
> > with no master.
> >
> > The CDROM should be attached to the secondary IDE
> > connector as a Master and the CD/RW should also be
> > attached to the same connector as the Slave. The
> > Master/Slave is done on 1 ribbon cable. Hope that
> > helps.
> >
>
> Sometimes when you use Adaptec software, you have to leave CD/R (or
> CD/RW) as 2nd Master, otherwise it may create problem. I haven't found
> why it does so, but it happened to me twise already. As the result, I
> always set CD/R as 2nd Master if possible.
>
> Jun Qian
>

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