p4p800 and HDs config

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Hi there,
I have 3 WD IDE hard drives and 1 IDE DVDRW. I plug 2 HD in pri IDE. The
DVD (master) and the other HD (Slave) to 2nd IDE. Is it good or I should put
the DVD as slave?
 
cc said:
Hi there,
I have 3 WD IDE hard drives and 1 IDE DVDRW. I plug 2 HD in pri IDE. The
DVD (master) and the other HD (Slave) to 2nd IDE. Is it good or I should put
the DVD as slave?
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It is generally a bad idea to put optical drives on the same channel and
cable as Hard drives. If your board is the P4P800 Deluxe, you will have 2
RAID channels and you can put your 3rd hard drive on one of those. If one
of your Hard drives were a SATA drive, then you could use one of the SATA
drive ports. Or, you can buy a cheap ATA PCI controller to control your 3rd
HD.

You might conceivably get away with a HD on the same channel as an optical
drive, but my own limited experience showed me that this was a recipe for an
unstable system that likes to blue screen.

Good luck,

ken
 
cc said:
Hi there,
I have 3 WD IDE hard drives and 1 IDE DVDRW. I plug 2 HD in pri IDE. The
DVD (master) and the other HD (Slave) to 2nd IDE. Is it good or I should put
the DVD as slave?
Click to expand...

U got a regular P4P800 or a deluxe? CUz on the deluxe u can use those VIA
RAID as ATA133 IDE>
 
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