SATA optical drives

MA_Zak33 · Post by **MA_Zak33** » 23 May 2007 17:07

Hi guys,

SATA CD/DVD burners are very cheap now.

I recently got one for £20 from Scan, and have been using it AND the EIDE one I had before (why not? I thought)

Just unplugged the EIDE one, and XP boots 10 seconds faster.

If you need to buy a new drive, make it a SATA one.

Trig · Post by **Trig** » 23 May 2007 17:13

Also if your using SATA and not IDE turn off the IDE controller as its generally not controlled by the southbridge anymore its an add-on which makes it suck even more than usual...

MA_Zak33 · Post by **MA_Zak33** » 23 May 2007 18:07

yup..tried that though on my mobo it made zero difference, which is weirder than a weird thing

SmoothNuts · Post by **SmoothNuts** » 23 May 2007 18:43

I wouldn't be so hasty anyone who has read this, all motherboards are different, some may spend additional time searching for IDE components thus making your system boot slower as the system holds till the timeout.

MA_Zak33 · Post by **MA_Zak33** » 23 May 2007 19:02

SmoothNuts wrote:I wouldn't be so hasty anyone who has read this, all motherboards are different, some may spend additional time searching for IDE components thus making your system boot slower as the system holds till the timeout.

hence, I guess, turning off ide in BIOS, as per Trig's suggestion:)

SmoothNuts · Post by **SmoothNuts** » 23 May 2007 19:55

Dosn't always make a difference, as you said.