Master/Slave question

[Sinster]

My CDRW shows up in the BIOS as DMA2... however my DVDRW shows up as ATA 33. So I am going to assume that the DVDRW should be the Master and the CDRW the slave..


BTW: I am not going get sued for saying Slave? 😱

 

[NerdUprising]

Just set the jumpers on the drives to "CS" (cable select) and let the BIOS do the work, I've found that to be convenient 🙂 as for the physical organization, I assume you meant that the DVDRW was ATA/ 133, in which case, I'd say yeah, slap that badboy at the top of the cable

 

[dreamliner77]

The DVDRW should probably be ATA33. And the CDRW is suppossed to be DMA2. Soundds right. And it also should matter where on the cable they are unless a specific manufacturer recommends placement

 

[toretto]

with the way things work today, on newer computers, it doesnt really matter where you put the drive on the bus cable. just leave em, they should work fine.