Newbie IDE question

I'm going to buy a retail Shuttle AN35N-Ultra motherboard. The box comes
with 1 FDD cable (which I assume is floppy drive) and 1 HDD cable capable of
supporting 2 devices.

My PC will have an ATA-100 Hard Drive and a Lite-On (LTC48161H) CD-RW/DVD
drive (I'm not sure what it's ATA is [or if it even has one].)

My question: Is it better to connect 2 devices to 1 IDE cable, or should
they each have their own individual cable? Also, does anyone know the ATA
of the HDD cable that's bundled with the motherboard? If its 66, should I
buy a 100?

Thanks for your time.

Gabagimpy wrote:
I'm going to buy a retail Shuttle AN35N-Ultra motherboard. The box
comes with 1 FDD cable (which I assume is floppy drive) and 1 HDD
cable capable of supporting 2 devices.

My PC will have an ATA-100 Hard Drive and a Lite-On (LTC48161H)
CD-RW/DVD drive (I'm not sure what it's ATA is [or if it even has
one].)

ATA and IDE and EIDE are basically interchangable.


My question: Is it better to connect 2 devices to 1 IDE cable, or
should they each have their own individual cable? Also, does anyone
know the ATA of the HDD cable that's bundled with the motherboard?
If its 66, should I buy a 100?

Thanks for your time.

It's best to connect the hard drive to IDE 1 (channel one, master) and
the CD drive to IDE 2 (channel two, master). The cable that comes with
the MB is ATA 66/100/133; it has 80 conductors, 40 pins. You will have
to get another one.

"Gabagimpy" wrote in message
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I'm going to buy a retail Shuttle AN35N-Ultra motherboard. The box comes
with 1 FDD cable (which I assume is floppy drive) and 1 HDD cable capable
of
supporting 2 devices.

My PC will have an ATA-100 Hard Drive and a Lite-On (LTC48161H) CD-RW/DVD
drive (I'm not sure what it's ATA is [or if it even has one].)

My question: Is it better to connect 2 devices to 1 IDE cable, or should
they each have their own individual cable? Also, does anyone know the ATA
of the HDD cable that's bundled with the motherboard? If its 66, should I
buy a 100?

Thanks for your time.



Get a new set of round cables (2 IDE and 1 floppy) for better airflow and
better looks ;-)

Keeping the Optical Drive on a separate IDE from the Hard Drive(s) will
avoid potential bottlenecks in data transfer.

Very stable board assuming decent Power Supply and memory!

FRH