Ive got a DVD burner to install in my computer. My comp came with a cd burner. I know how to hook them up together. But wondering which drive should be master and which should be slave? And does it matter which is which? What does it do?
2006-10-28 09:13:02 · 6 answers · asked by Smoke 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Add-ons
OK, Nevermind the rest of these answers.
The only thing you would need to worry about the master/slave config is with the **DVD PLAYER** part of the DVD burner.
It needs DMA to play DVDs at the best speed.
DVD players are ALWAYS set to master. You cant set a slave device to Direct Memory Access.
So put the DVD as MASTER and the CD as slave.
There should be a popup question that comes up when you install the dvd saying "Do you want to activate DMA"? say yes.
Good luck.
James
2006-10-28 09:29:51 · answer #1 · answered by James F 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd go the other way ie dvd as master and cd as slave just because I consider the dvd to be superior however it really doesn't matter.
2006-10-28 16:15:45 · answer #2 · answered by doyler78 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
since your dvd burner will burn cd too put your cd burner as the master
2006-10-28 16:14:22 · answer #3 · answered by mkb7904 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
burners are not master or slave they use to be primary and secondry
put ur dvd burner as secondry
2006-10-28 16:17:55 · answer #4 · answered by GoLd E 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the drives shouldnt be on the same cable, since this can cause data transfer problems, it should look like this ide1 -->master hard drive --> cdrw drive
ide2 --> master dvd writer.
2006-10-28 16:17:08 · answer #5 · answered by Paultech 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the one in th middle if the cable should be slave the one on the end is master
2006-10-28 16:14:42 · answer #6 · answered by rottie_mama1969 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋