IDE Question

[NoobToast]

I have a DVD/CD player combo, and a 160gb IDE hard drive, is it possible have the CD/DVD player on slave and the HD on Master, or vice versa and still have it work? This is on the same IDE Ribbon.

 

[Nenu]

Most of the time yes it will work fine.

Some drive pairs refuse to work when on the same cable.
Thought I'd mention that in case you simply cant get them working together, it does happen.

 

[SatTech]

I've always felt it was best to keep your opticals on seperate cables that your harddrives, especially if you do alot of burning, and that's the way I've always set my gear up. But yes, it is entirely possible. Just set the HD to master and the optical to slave.

 

[NoobToast]

K, that answers my question, the only reason im doing this is to hold off until i can buy another SATA drive.