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AlwaysUp · 01-04-2003, 07:07 PM

My textbook for the A+ exam states decisively that any two devices sharing one IDE controller bus and one ribbon cable, reguardless of the IDE controller being ATA/66/100/133 capable will be limited to the data transfer rate of the "slowest" device connected to said controller. In other words a CD-Rom has a maximum burst transfer rate of 33mbps and even though your IDE interface supports higher transfer rates and your hdd supports higher transfer rates the IDE controller is limited to the slowest device speed. I agree get another 80 conductor cable and put them on separate IDE controllers.

01-04-2003, 07:07 PM	#3
AlwaysUp Member (11 bit) Join Date: Sep 1999 Location: Sherman, Texas Posts: 1,778	My textbook for the A+ exam states decisively that any two devices sharing one IDE controller bus and one ribbon cable, reguardless of the IDE controller being ATA/66/100/133 capable will be limited to the data transfer rate of the "slowest" device connected to said controller. In other words a CD-Rom has a maximum burst transfer rate of 33mbps and even though your IDE interface supports higher transfer rates and your hdd supports higher transfer rates the IDE controller is limited to the slowest device speed. I agree get another 80 conductor cable and put them on separate IDE controllers. __________________ Intel P4 2.4Ghz cpu, Intel D850MVSE mobo, ATI Radeon All-in-Wonder 8500 @275Mhz video, WD800JB 80Gb hdd, 1024Mb PC800 RDRAM, Sony DVD/CD-Rom, Sony CD-R/CD-RW, 330W Antec psu, Windows XP Pro-completed Jan. 2004