On 27/11/13 17:30, Lisi wrote:
> On Wednesday 27 November 2013 17:15:24 Chris Dennis wrote:
>> I could use a PATA hard disk, but the motherboard only has one PATA
>> channel, and that is in use for the optical drive.
>
> In a desktop, one PATA channel would be able to take two connections
> on the same ribbon cable (master and slave or both cable select). Is
> the same not true of laptops?
Yes it's true. But I've always found that having an optical drive on
the same PATA cable as a hard disk slows everything down.
I'll give it a try though.
cheers
Chris
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