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Re: cd rom and 32 bit access

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From: Dave Kelso
Date: Mon, 15 Apr 1996 00:00
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In article <BxUd4GAHCXcxEwvL@c4rv.demon.co.uk>, Rajesh Varia
<raj@c4rv.demon.co.uk> writes
>In article <u3oKxAAopkbxEwDd@demon.co.uk>, Dave Kelso
><dave@tankgirl.demon.co.uk> writes
>>I've recently put in a samsung scr-630 4xspeed cd rom drive. Previously,
>>the panasonic cd was connected through the sb16 card, but the samsung
>>couldn't go through it so I've put it through the EIDE card, configured
>>as a second drive. Everything seems to work fine but I can't enable 32
>>bit disk access in wfwg. I get an error message when trying to run
>>something (e.g. playing audio cds) that the drive is incompatible with
>>23 bit disk access. What I would like to know is this affecting my hard
>>disk, what difference would it make having 32 bit disk access enabled
>>and if it is beneficial to do so, how can I do it?
>>Any help on any of these points gratefully appreciated.
>>Thanks in advance...
>
>Basically, you will need to put your CD-ROM drive on a secondary channel
>as it is stopping 32-bit access for the HDD on the primary channel.  You
>can leave it were it is, but you will lose out on speed for the HDD.
>
>
There are two connectors on the EIDE card, the hard drive is on one, the
cd on the other. Is this what you mean by seperate channels? (apologies
for me being thick).
-- 
Dave Kelso
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