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Hello,
I need recommendations on how to CORRECTLY configure 2 HD's & a DVD writer
on P5WD2 Premium board. I am not interested in RAID.
Hard Drive 1 is a S-ATA 74 Gb WD Raptor, which I want to be my "primary"
boot drive (where win xp will reside). Hard Drive 2 is a P-ATA WD 200 Gb.
7200 RPM, which I want to be my storage drive. The DVD/CD writer is a
Plextor PX-716SA SATA drive.
Currently, the Raptor is connected to SATA-1 and the Plextor to SATA-2 on
MB. The P-ATA HD (200 Gb WD) is connected to the ICH7 Primary IDE (blue)
connector with a 80 pin cable and is jumpered (no jumper) as a single drive.
Win XP Pro reports the RAPTOR as "Local Disk (E" and the WD 200 Gb as
"Removeable (C." The Plextor as "DVD-R (D.
The BIOS reports the following:
PRIMARY IDE MASTER = WD 200 Gb HD
PRIMARY IDE SLAVE = Not Detected
THIRD IDE MASTER = RAPTOR HD
THIRD IDE SLAVE = Not Detected
FOURTH IDE MASTER = Plextor DVD
FOURTH IDE SLAVE = Not Detected
I have the RAPTOR set as Drive 1 under BOOT DEVICE PRIORITY in BIOS.
On boot up, I have an annoying lag (about 20 seconds) that seems to occur
after the 1 Gb of memory is detected, but prior to the IDE devices being
detected. I'm wondering if the lag is related to impropper configuring of
the drives.
Thanks for your comments!
I need recommendations on how to CORRECTLY configure 2 HD's & a DVD writer
on P5WD2 Premium board. I am not interested in RAID.
Hard Drive 1 is a S-ATA 74 Gb WD Raptor, which I want to be my "primary"
boot drive (where win xp will reside). Hard Drive 2 is a P-ATA WD 200 Gb.
7200 RPM, which I want to be my storage drive. The DVD/CD writer is a
Plextor PX-716SA SATA drive.
Currently, the Raptor is connected to SATA-1 and the Plextor to SATA-2 on
MB. The P-ATA HD (200 Gb WD) is connected to the ICH7 Primary IDE (blue)
connector with a 80 pin cable and is jumpered (no jumper) as a single drive.
Win XP Pro reports the RAPTOR as "Local Disk (E" and the WD 200 Gb as
"Removeable (C." The Plextor as "DVD-R (D.
The BIOS reports the following:
PRIMARY IDE MASTER = WD 200 Gb HD
PRIMARY IDE SLAVE = Not Detected
THIRD IDE MASTER = RAPTOR HD
THIRD IDE SLAVE = Not Detected
FOURTH IDE MASTER = Plextor DVD
FOURTH IDE SLAVE = Not Detected
I have the RAPTOR set as Drive 1 under BOOT DEVICE PRIORITY in BIOS.
On boot up, I have an annoying lag (about 20 seconds) that seems to occur
after the 1 Gb of memory is detected, but prior to the IDE devices being
detected. I'm wondering if the lag is related to impropper configuring of
the drives.
Thanks for your comments!