DVD and CD Drives together

helios19 · 07-26-2009, 12:22 AM

Is it ok to have a Pioneer DVR-115D DVD Burner as the master and a Liteon CD-RW Drive as the slave on the same machine?

If not what would be a good combination for the DVD burner mentioned above and Liteon CD drives (any)?

crimp56 · 07-27-2009, 09:11 PM

Im wondering if this setup would cause confusion with your hdd which is the master. why not set both optical drive jumpers to cable select?

**Tyree** · 07-29-2009, 12:23 PM

It is a perfectly acceptable & preferable connection for the drives.
Using Cable Select is the proper way to jumper the drives if you are using an 80 wire IDE cable. The device on the end connector (Black) will be Primary and the device in the middle connector (Gray) will be Secondary.

@crimp56
I assume the Hdd is on the Primary IDE Mobo connection and the optical drives are on the secondary IDE Mobo connector.

07-26-2009, 12:22 AM	#1 (permalink)
helios19 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Sydney Posts: 16 OS: Windows 7 Ultimate x64 My System	DVD and CD Drives together Is it ok to have a Pioneer DVR-115D DVD Burner as the master and a Liteon CD-RW Drive as the slave on the same machine? If not what would be a good combination for the DVD burner mentioned above and Liteon CD drives (any)?

07-27-2009, 09:11 PM	#2 (permalink)
crimp56 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 14 OS: xp pro MCE	Re: DVD and CD Drives together Im wondering if this setup would cause confusion with your hdd which is the master. why not set both optical drive jumpers to cable select? Last edited by crimp56; 07-27-2009 at 09:12 PM.

07-29-2009, 12:23 PM	#3 (permalink)
Tyree Mentor Hardware Team Join Date: May 2009 Location: Illinois Posts: 5,711 OS: XP Pro-7RC-Mandriva My System	Re: DVD and CD Drives together It is a perfectly acceptable & preferable connection for the drives. Using Cable Select is the proper way to jumper the drives if you are using an 80 wire IDE cable. The device on the end connector (Black) will be Primary and the device in the middle connector (Gray) will be Secondary. @crimp56 I assume the Hdd is on the Primary IDE Mobo connection and the optical drives are on the secondary IDE Mobo connector. __________________ Posting your PC specs will help us to help you quicker and more efficiently.