 | | Mixing ATA-33 and ATA-100 drives on single device —Fredrik Glöckner
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| | | Is there any speed penalty when mixing ATA-33 and ATA-100 drives on single IDE device? The IDE controller is ATA-66. I have only got two IDE drives, so I might as well put them on either device as master. But if there is no speed penalty whatsoever (...) (24 years ago, 14-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | | | | Re: Mixing ATA-33 and ATA-100 drives on single device —Matthew Miller
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| | | | | (...) I think that in such a case, it'll only run at 33. (24 years ago, 14-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | | | | Re: Mixing ATA-33 and ATA-100 drives on single device —Selçuk Göre
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| | | | (...) There was a restriction when EIDE first introduced. When you connect two IDE drives (one slow, one fast) to the same cable, both drives transfer data at the same rate, which is the slower one. So techies always suggested that connecting fast (...) (24 years ago, 15-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | | | | | Re: Mixing ATA-33 and ATA-100 drives on single device —Fredrik Glöckner
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| | | | (...) In that case, it is a serious speed penalty... (...) I only have two fans: One on the CPU and one in the power supply unit. The new drive runs very hot compared with the old one, so I think I'm going to shuffle them a bit. Placing the new one (...) (24 years ago, 15-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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