CD and HD sharing a cable

[counihan3]

I have never put a CD and HD on the same cable before because I remember hearing years ago that it would slow down your HD. Is this true? I just put a pc together from some spare parts and am short a ide cable and was going to put them on the same cable if it wouldn't make a difference.

 

[Drakan290]

If you're using both at the same time.. It'll obviously slow down. If you're only using one at a time, like I do, I notice no performance drop. If there is, it's negligible

 

[MrGuvernment]

considering the IDE channel has ATA133Mb max speeds up to and such, your HD likely cant hit 100Mb and your DVD drive ain't going over much, it shouldn't so no, it isnt obvious at all....

what i had year is burning disks while having them on both could cause buffer issues. but that was 5 + years ago.

 

[counihan3]

Thanks for the help, I haven't even had to think about it in a long time since I have been using SATA.

 

[unhappy_mage]

Some optical devices only run at ATA-66 or ATA-33. This would limit the hard drive to that speed as well. Check the summary screen after the BIOS to make sure it lists things running at ATA-100 or -133, or run HDTach to see if you're being capped at a slower speed.