> > On Friday, March 14, 2003, at 09:57 PM, Pierre Boivin wrote: > I was not implying that it will not work, but if you want the best > performance out out your computer, you should always put two fast > access devices toghether (HD) and two slow access devices toghether > (CDROM, CDRW, ZIP). You have to remember that the master and slave > devices on an IDE cable are sharing the access to the mother board, so > if you mix one slow device (CDROM) with a HD, your fast 7200 RPM HD is > going to wait most of the time. This is of course true if you are > accessing information on your CDROM / CDRW and your HD at the same > time. But why bother? Just keep fast devices toghether. > > Regards > > Pierre Boivin
ok, thanks for the clarification. Since your last post, I added a third drive. I set it as slave to the one in the belly. I now have in the bottom, a 60 and a 40 GB respectively. in the top is a 60 tied as slave to the cdrw drive that is set to master. they all work and , when checked, last no slow downs occurred according to my observations. Your logic does make sense to me tho. Andy3 -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
