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quietinthecorner

11-20-1999, 06:07 PM

My system is IDE,just found great deal on EIDE CDR-WR, can I plug the EIDE into my IDE?
Hi, socalgal!!!

teapot

11-20-1999, 06:39 PM

All the E stands for is enhanced IDE. So you will have no problems. Unless you have a really old motherboard as some don't recognise CD drives.

Dominus

11-20-1999, 07:22 PM

Another note, some (E)IDE burners tend to perform better and produce less coasters when they are set as master, or on their own IDE channel. If you have a CD-ROM on the secondary channel, set it as primary slave instead, and set the burner as secondary master.

Might save you a bit of money in wasted CDs.

Out of curiosity, what CDRW do you have?

quietinthecorner

11-20-1999, 07:47 PM

HP 8110i 24x/4x/2x, new in box

Dominus

11-20-1999, 08:54 PM

I've got an 8100i. They seem to be nice burners, although they can't overburn. Avoid Memorex media; they'll never burn right. Maxell and Sony work great, especially Sony, but they're more expensive.

quietinthecorner

11-20-1999, 09:13 PM

Thanks D, I'll remember that.

CMonster

11-20-1999, 09:23 PM

Quiet~1,

I got the "1/2 the beast humor" - 333 very true.

Anyway, if you are running a K6-2/333 then you probably have an EIDE system (supports up to 4 EIDE/IDE ddevices), an IDE (1)primary and IDE (2)secondary channels, on each you can have 2 devices, master and slave. EIDE also supports mass storage devices other than hard disks, such as ATAPI CDROM drives and tape drives.

quietinthecorner

11-20-1999, 10:17 PM

CMonster,thanks for catching my humor, My K62 333 is in Pac Bell and their specs say just IDE, the puter was built in Dec.98

socalgal

11-20-1999, 11:35 PM

Hi quiet~1!(stealing from CMonster...)

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BTW - everything ^^they^^ said. /forum/biggrin.gif

CMonster

11-21-1999, 11:10 AM

Trust me, that baby is EIDE - also most likely Ultra DMA/ATA 33;

I'd bet money on it.

[This message has been edited by CMonster (edited 11-21-1999).]

quietinthecorner

11-21-1999, 04:08 PM

Thanks CMonster, but I wouldn't bet anything on Packard Bell any more, after them dropping out of the moderate priced PC business. 1500 techs and engineers out of work.Don't get me wrong I like this workhorse I have,but a bit discouraged with PB/NEC.