Which drive should I set to master/slave

[shayner]

I have a dvd/cd writer and a dvd/cd rom. Which one should be set to the master and which one should be set to slave?

Thanks in advance!!

[giannid]

I'm no expert, but you could put one as slave to the hard drive and put the other as master on its own IDE cable. Perhaps you could put the CD-writer on its own IDE.

[shayner]

I have two hard drives setup as master and slave on the same ribbon already.

When setting up the dvd/cd rom and dvd/cd writer on the same ribbon, which one should be master and which set to slave?

should have been more specific!!

[HARRYSPADGE]

Set the DVD writer as master and the DVD-ROM as slave.

[VenGeanCe]

well yeah as harry said go for dvd writer as master and dvd rom as slave but i think it hardly matters which 1 u set as master/slave?

[jollyjohn]

Set the DVD writer as master and the DVD-ROM as slave.

G'day
I agree with Harry. Some DVD burners don't like to be slave. They just dont work well.
John

[normcar]

If you encode video, you should move the 2 HDs to different cables. Remember that the IDE channel has a max limit for communication, and the 2 devices share the total. If you encode video, always encode from 1 hd to the 2nd HD. Depending on how you use your computer, the best configuration would be the following:
1 Master - OS HD
Slave - DVD ROM
2 Master - DVD Writer
Slave - 2nd HD

[pfh]

Normcar has stated the "ideal" setup imo, however, it doesn't hurt to have all optical drives on the secondary if that is a must. Depends on case dimensions and what fits where. Writers tend to like being setup as masters.