Need help connecting two Asus DVD burners

"007" <> wrote:
> Per ASUS P5K Motherboard User Guide (version E3270) page 2-30
>
> Connector Color Setting Use
> SATA 1/2 Red Master Boot disk
> SATA 3/4 Black Slave Data Disk
>
> "Ian D" <> wrote in message
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> > "Ian D" <> wrote in message
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> >>> "Ian D" <> wrote:
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> >>>> news:20090702135540.697$...
> >>>> >I know this group is for motherboards but hope that someonecan give
> >>>> > me a bit of advice.
> >>>> >
> >>>> > Ihave two ASUS DRW 2014L1T dvd burners on the same machine and
> >>>> > would like to know which is the best way to connect them. Which
> >>>> > serial connectors should I use? One to a black connetor and one
> >>>> > to red or? Or does it make a difference? Any help would be
> >>>> > greatly appreciated, thank you.
> >>>> >
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> >>>>
> >>>> On my Asus P5B Dlx MB you can boot from the red SATA
> >>>> connectors, and the black connectors are non-bootable, for
> >>>> data drives only. To be able to boot from CD/DVD, at least
> >>>> one of your drives should be connected to a red connector.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> So I should leave one on a red connector and one on a black for best
> >>> performance?
> >>>
> >>>>
> >>>> So, this actually was a motherboard question.
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> -
> >>
> >> Connect both drives to the red connectors. That way they'll
> >> both be bootable. In your BIOS, make sure your SATA is
> >> configured as IDE, which should be the default. In BIOS
> >> the setting is in "SATA Configuration", under the "Main"
> >> tab. Your MB should have 4 red, and 2 black SATA
> >> connectors, which means you have 2 red ones free if you
> >> decide to add one or two SATA drives. The red and black
> >> connectors are connected to the Intel Southbridge. Your
> >> IDE hard drives are connected to the auxiliary controller,
> >> probably a JMicron.
> >>
> >>
> > I forgot to add that, if you have a lone SATA connector
> > near the back of the MB, it's attached to the auxiliary
> > SATA controller, which also controls the eSATA.
> >


Thanks, I appreciate the help. I did read the manual although
I wasn't sure where to connect the second burner as one is connected
to the red (boot) connector.

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"troop" <> wrote in message
news: m...
> In article <h2m0lm$pso$>, says...
>> Per ASUS P5K Motherboard User Guide (version E3270) page 2-30
>>
>> Connector Color Setting Use
>> SATA 1/2 Red Master Boot disk
>> SATA 3/4 Black Slave Data Disk
>>
>
> That description is nonsense. There is no master slave to SATA. <===
> agree

> You can connect any HDD to either colour <=== agree

and boot, Geesh ! <=== I doubt you can boot from black connector

"007" <> wrote:
> "troop" <> wrote in message
> news: m...
> > In article <h2m0lm$pso$>, says...
> >> Per ASUS P5K Motherboard User Guide (version E3270) page 2-30
> >>
> >> Connector Color Setting Use
> >> SATA 1/2 Red Master Boot disk
> >> SATA 3/4 Black Slave Data Disk
> >>
> >
> > That description is nonsense. There is no master slave to SATA. <===
> > agree
>
> > You can connect any HDD to either colour <=== agree
>
> and boot, Geesh ! <=== I doubt you can boot from black connector


With both burners connected to red copying a disc from one drive to the
other was slow, with one on red and one on black it seems to work great.

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In article <> , troop <> wrote:
>In article <h2m0lm$pso$>, says...
>> Per ASUS P5K Motherboard User Guide (version E3270) page 2-30
>>
>> Connector Color Setting Use
>> SATA 1/2 Red Master Boot disk
>> SATA 3/4 Black Slave Data Disk
>>
>
>That description is nonsense. There is no master slave to SATA.
>You can connect any HDD to either colour and boot, Geesh !
when sata is set in ide mode, even with sata, the terminology is used though
it physically isnt really mater/slave.

That seems weird.

However, I have no experience with a mainboard with your ICH9 controller.

The closest I came was one with an *ICH9R* (the R is for Raid) controller.
Any of the SATA ports were bootable on that system.

<> wrote in message
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> "007" <> wrote:
>> "troop" <> wrote in message
>> news: m...
>> > In article <h2m0lm$pso$>, says...
>> >> Per ASUS P5K Motherboard User Guide (version E3270) page 2-30
>> >>
>> >> Connector Color Setting Use
>> >> SATA 1/2 Red Master Boot disk
>> >> SATA 3/4 Black Slave Data Disk
>> >>
>> >
>> > That description is nonsense. There is no master slave to SATA. <===
>> > agree
>>
>> > You can connect any HDD to either colour <=== agree
>>
>> and boot, Geesh ! <=== I doubt you can boot from black connector
>
>
> With both burners connected to red copying a disc from one drive to the
> other was slow, with one on red and one on black it seems to work great.
>
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There are NO ***PERFORMANCE*** issues. NONE.

There may, however, be issues in terms of what drives you can boot from,
or even recognize without installing drivers.


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> So I should leave one on a red connector and one on a black for best
> performance?
>
>> So, this actually was a motherboard question.
>