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In article: <818175003snz@javiaton.demon.co.uk>  Jonathan Clough <Clough@javiaton.demon.co.uk> writes:
> Afternoon all,
> 
> A little query please if I may tap into the "Demon Knowledgebase"...
> 
> I have been tasked with purchasing a CD ROM & Soundcard for a friends 
> 'youngun for Christmas.
> 
> 4 x CD ROM - no particular type but limited budget that also has to 
> include soundcard. My plan to purchase at local computer "mart" this 
> weekend.
> 
> Query....4 x CD ROm is going to be IDE I assume. The machine in 
> questions serial card has one fixed IDE drive which I assume will drive 
> two IDE devices, one HD + the upcoming CD ROm. 
> 
> Is fitting a IDE CD Rom rather like adding a second drive - I have to 
> configure the HD as a Master while the CD ROM becomes a slave ?
> 
> Could I use a serial card (I have a spare not being used 2 IDE interfaces 
> for 4 x IDE devices) and not have to configure the HD as master.
> 
> Perhaps if I had upgraded my single speed Philips drive I would have 
> gone through this before !
>  
> Thanks in advance for any help / advice.
> 
Basically two routes:-
1)	Set IDE CD as slave, ensure that drive is 'not-installed' in BIOS,
set HD as 'Master of two' (on some drives this is different from 'only
drive' setting). Problem with this, is that CD will stop, if any H/D I/O
is done, but otherwise works. Some H/D's need no change, the default setting
is 'master'.
2)	Remove exixting MIO card, and replace it with the other one, that
has two IDE interfaces. Leave HD unchanged, and install the CD as master
on second cable. Should be easy, _provided_ you have the jumper information
on this other card, and can make sure that serials/parallel/IDE I/F's are
set as the existing card, except for the one 'new' IDE I/F. This is really
the better solution.
3)	Leave everything as it is, and install a sound card, that has a
secondary or tertiary IDE port on it. Set CD as master, and connect the
drive to this card. This is probably the easiest solution of the lot, and
most of the 'clone' sound cards, now offer this layout. You may even be
able to get the card & drive as a 'bundle', with the jumpering allready
set up.

Good Luck
 
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