ATA 100 and DVD combo

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Hello everyone, first post. I recently purchased an ASUS A7V133 Mainboard, an IBM Deskstar ATA100 7200RPM 46.1GB HD, and a Toshiba 16x DVD-ROM Drive. I was wondering, if I put both of those devices on the same controller, HD as master, will it slow my HD down to DMA/33 (or whatever my DVD drive runs at)? Or should I set the Hard Drive up on the Primary controller and the DVD Drive up on the Secondary? Any advice is appreciated.

Thanks,
Dave

 

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It won't slow it down to ATA33, but it'll slow it down when both devices are in use. I recommend you set up hard drive as primary and DVD as secondary.

Rob
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