Plextor CDRW & MagicSpin CDROM

[jst1960]

I am lost on how to connect the 2 drives with
a IBM ATA/100 HDD.I am new to building and
want to get my system setup right the first
time.
Would putting the IBM as master and cdrom
as slave on primary ide and Plextor CDRW
as master on secondary ide the best way ??

Also if I ever needed to boot from cdrom,
would this work as being the slave to the
hard drive on the same channel ????

Thanks for any ideas or help,
Steve

[CrowdAds]

[blt_abx]

Since you most likely will be copying from your CD-R/CD-RW to your HDD most of the time, try the following arrangement:

80-wire cables on both controllers
(need to get a 2nd 80-wire cable, only one supplied with MB)

Prim. master: IBM
Prim. slave: none
Sec. master: CD-R
Sec. slave: CD-RW

I have mine set up as follows with no problems.
Master IDE1: Maxtor 30GB (udma 5)
Slave IDE1: None
Master IDE2: Pioneer 106S DVD (udma 4)
Slave IDE2: Plextor 12/10/32A (udma2, hacked)

[jst1960]

Thanks,blt
How do I hack the Plexwriter?I have heard of
doing this,but not sure how to go about it.
The 2ond 40 pin 80 conductor is no problem
since I got one with the mobo and also one
with my ibm ata/100 7200 harddrive.
Also you think the cdrom as master and cdrw
as slave on secondary IDE is best,or would
the cdrw as master and cdrom as slave be
any better?Does it really make a differance?

Thanks again for your help,
Steve

[blt_abx]

You jumper the two unused pins next to the "digital audio out" on the back of the drive.

See post by Mushkin Rules below on overclocking the Plextor Based Engine CD-RW. Has some links you may want to read.

Be advised, this WILL void your warranty.