Hello.
On my motherboard I can connect two SATA and 1 IDE.
I want to connect my IDE CD-ROM but when I also connect my IDE hard disk on that single cable my hard disk responds very very slowly.
What should I do now?
PS: Some people said that SATA creates problems again and again compared with IDE. Is that true?
Hozaifa Ejaz, ,
The first thing is an explanation. The "IDE" socket on your motherboard uses a parallel communications system to talk to the disk. That;'s why there are so many conductors in the cable. Nowadays people call it
PATA where the P stands for Parallel.
SATA is the newer Serial form of interface.
Both PATA and SATA are IDE systems. That is, most of the control electronics is in drive rather than on the motherboard or a separate controller card. The term PATA was invented to differentiate this system from SATA.
My guess is that you have four SATA ports on your motherboard so perhaps the easiest solution is to replace either the CD drive or the PATA hard disk worth a SATA version.
As for PATA being better than SATA, that simply isn't the case. Certainly you might get a bad SATA drive, but in general the system is better, easier, more reliable and faster than PATA.
Paul ZuckerCarlo SchisanoPosted: 04/05/2009
re: I'm not SATAsfied
When you have a CD and a HDD on the same cable, I find that CS works best rather than the master/slave system.
JCPosted: 04/05/2009
re: I'm not SATAsfied
Hozaifa, put the IDE hard-drive at the END of the IDE cable....and the CD...onto the second plug (of the same cable).
This way, the hard-drive will always have PRIORITY..over the CD-ROM device.
Be VERY mindful!......of putting the 'jumper' (at the back of BOTH units), in their correct POSITION.
That is, the Hard-drive HAS to be in the MASTER position.....and, the CD-ROM to the SLAVE position.
IF this NOT done, well, it is as good enough reason as 'why' your computer DOES have a very slow response time.
Both units are competing against each other....for priority.