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Attaching hard drives

  • 15-07-2005 8:37am
    #1
    chubbyjoe
    Closed Accounts Posts: 42 ✭


    Hi,
    I have a quick questions for the experts.
    I want to connect two cd/dvd burners and 3 hard-drives to my PC. I only have 2 IDE connectors on my PC and the hard-drive cables only have a master/slave connection on them.

    So my question is if I want to connect more than the 4 items how do i do it?


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  • #2
    the_syco
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,315 ✭✭✭✭the_syco


    chubbyjoe wrote:
    Hi,
    I have a quick questions for the experts.
    I want to connect two cd/dvd burners and 3 hard-drives to my PC. I only have 2 IDE connectors on my PC and the hard-drive cables only have a master/slave connection on them.

    So my question is if I want to connect more than the 4 items how do i do it?
    You need an IDE expansion card that slots into a PCI slot. You would then be able to connect the 3rd hard-drive onto it.

    Example


  • #3
    chubbyjoe
    Closed Accounts Posts: 42 ✭chubbyjoe


    thanks for that


  • #4
    djmarkus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,606 ✭✭✭djmarkus


    get a USB->IDE converter, not ideal but does the job


  • #5
    vibe666
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,016 ✭✭✭✭vibe666


    i have an IDE card that I'm trying to sell. I'll be starting a new for sale thread when i get home, so keep an eye out for the link to the thread in my sig.


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