IDE question

DyNaRaX · 14th February 2004, 17:59

is it smart to put an ata133 disk and an ata66 on the same ide cable (ide1) or will it result into a speed loss for the ata133 drive?

The current situation is:
Ide 1: Maxtor 120gb 8mb cache
Ide 2: Backup disk (ata66) 10gb and combo dvd/cdrw

If would like change it to:

Ide1: Maxtor 120 + backup disk
Ide2: dvd/cdrw + cdrom drive

Please advise

14th February 2004, 18:36

just a small Q: why bother with a CD rom drive?

Anyway, it shouldn't interfere with it's speeds, but if the ata 66 drive is working the ata 133 will have to wait till it's done, and that will take a bit longer then if it would be alone on the cable.

DyNaRaX · 14th February 2004, 20:53

the cdrom drive is usefull for copying cd's. I prefer using it instead of having it lying on my desk.

The ata66 disk is not used very much, it is just used as backup, instead of burning my documents and mails onto cd every week I copy them to the old hd.

So the Maxtor will only be slowed down when the ata66 is in use, but when working in windows or while loading games (installed on the Maxtor) it will still have the same speed as now (alone on the ide channel).

14th February 2004, 21:04

it should.
And still, copying CD's is always safer with a temp file on HD.
You're free to do as you please, but I'd leave it out.
Less cable mess, and more air in the case. It can only help.

14th February 2004, 17:59	#1
DyNaRaX Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 271	IDE question is it smart to put an ata133 disk and an ata66 on the same ide cable (ide1) or will it result into a speed loss for the ata133 drive? The current situation is: Ide 1: Maxtor 120gb 8mb cache Ide 2: Backup disk (ata66) 10gb and combo dvd/cdrw If would like change it to: Ide1: Maxtor 120 + backup disk Ide2: dvd/cdrw + cdrom drive Please advise __________________ Asus P5K \| Intel C2D E6750 \| 2 GB DDR2 \| PNY 8800GT\| Samsung 500 GB\| Lacie 500Gb ext \| LG 4163B DVDrw \| Samsung 206BW \| CM Stacker \| CM Real Power 550 \| CM Crossflow \| 3 x 120 mm Blue Led \| 1 80 mm

14th February 2004, 20:53	#3
DyNaRaX Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 271	the cdrom drive is usefull for copying cd's. I prefer using it instead of having it lying on my desk. The ata66 disk is not used very much, it is just used as backup, instead of burning my documents and mails onto cd every week I copy them to the old hd. So the Maxtor will only be slowed down when the ata66 is in use, but when working in windows or while loading games (installed on the Maxtor) it will still have the same speed as now (alone on the ide channel). __________________ Asus P5K \| Intel C2D E6750 \| 2 GB DDR2 \| PNY 8800GT\| Samsung 500 GB\| Lacie 500Gb ext \| LG 4163B DVDrw \| Samsung 206BW \| CM Stacker \| CM Real Power 550 \| CM Crossflow \| 3 x 120 mm Blue Led \| 1 80 mm

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14th February 2004, 18:36	#2
FreeStyler Posts: n/a	just a small Q: why bother with a CD rom drive? Anyway, it shouldn't interfere with it's speeds, but if the ata 66 drive is working the ata 133 will have to wait till it's done, and that will take a bit longer then if it would be alone on the cable.

14th February 2004, 21:04	#4
FreeStyler Posts: n/a	it should. And still, copying CD's is always safer with a temp file on HD. You're free to do as you please, but I'd leave it out. Less cable mess, and more air in the case. It can only help.