ATA Bus Question
I have a cheap PC I have made into a game server. It has 2 IDE buses.
Right now, IDE bus 1 has...
Master = New ATA/133 fast hard drive (with 8 MB cache)
Slave = Generic CD ROM drive (probably a slower bus that ATA/133, right?)
Question: If the CD ROM drive is a slower device (i.e.; ATA/66, etc), will it make the hard drive perform slower? I mean does the IDE bus 1's controller slow-down to the slowest device's speed ofn the bus?
Would it be better to put the CD ROM drive on IDE bus 2 and set it to Master? That way the hard drive will be on its own dedicated controller, right?
I don't plan on ading any more devices, so I don't care about "wasting" a controller.
Computer specs:
AMD 1.4 GHz
1.0 GB RAM
Maxtor DiamondMax 60 GB 7200 rpm ATA/133 (8 MB cache)
Gigabyte mobo 266 FSB
Right now, IDE bus 1 has...
Master = New ATA/133 fast hard drive (with 8 MB cache)
Slave = Generic CD ROM drive (probably a slower bus that ATA/133, right?)
Question: If the CD ROM drive is a slower device (i.e.; ATA/66, etc), will it make the hard drive perform slower? I mean does the IDE bus 1's controller slow-down to the slowest device's speed ofn the bus?
Would it be better to put the CD ROM drive on IDE bus 2 and set it to Master? That way the hard drive will be on its own dedicated controller, right?
I don't plan on ading any more devices, so I don't care about "wasting" a controller.
Computer specs:
AMD 1.4 GHz
1.0 GB RAM
Maxtor DiamondMax 60 GB 7200 rpm ATA/133 (8 MB cache)
Gigabyte mobo 266 FSB
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Originally posted by dstranathan
I have a cheap PC I have made into a game server. It has 2 IDE buses.
Right now, IDE bus 1 has...
Master = New ATA/133 fast hard drive (with 8 MB cache)
Slave = Generic CD ROM drive (probably a slower bus that ATA/133, right?)
Question: If the CD ROM drive is a slower device (i.e.; ATA/66, etc), will it make the hard drive perform slower? I mean does the IDE bus 1's controller slow-down to the slowest device's speed ofn the bus?
Would it be better to put the CD ROM drive on IDE bus 2 and set it to Master? That way the hard drive will be on its own dedicated controller, right?
I don't plan on ading any more devices, so I don't care about "wasting" a controller.
Computer specs:
AMD 1.4 GHz
1.0 GB RAM
Maxtor DiamondMax 60 GB 7200 rpm ATA/133 (8 MB cache)
Gigabyte mobo 266 FSB