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Old 09-17-2005, 05:22 AM   #16 (permalink)
MooseMan3000
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Originally Posted by flat5
I thought the primary IDE channel is faster than the sec.
You use the 80-conductor Ultra DMA IDE/ATA interface cable only on the primary, right?

So put the hard drives on the pri. and the slower optical drives on the sec.
No, you use exactly the same cables on primary and secondary IDE channels. You use a different cable on the floppy channel, which is totally different anyway. Both IDE channels should be the same speed.
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