Re: not enough IDE port for 3 device
- From: Arno Wagner <me@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 11 Sep 2006 21:30:43 GMT
Previously arrayprofile@xxxxxxxxx <arrayprofile@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi there, I just bought a Seagate IDE 400G hard drive and wanted to use
it as my second hard drive. My Dell desktop already has a SATA hard
drive. Unfortunately after I bought this hard drive, I found out that
my system board only has 1 IDE port which has already been used up for
2 device: a DVD ROM and a DVD burner. So now my question is:
1. can I use an IDE hard drive together with a SATA hard drive all
togther?
No problem.
2. Can I try to get a IDE interface cable that has 3 connectors (1
master, 2 slaves) for connecting my IDE hard drive, in addition to the
2 DVD drives? I searched google, in one occasion (Years 1999 post) that
1 IDE port can only connect up to 2 devices, is that still true now? I
called DELL support, the guy said I can use this configuration, but I
am not sure if he really knows this.
Shows that DELL support sucks. No, you can only use 2 drives
per IDE cable, since there are only two drive selcect lines
in there. There is no way to use with reasonable effort.
3. If I can use such a cable, where can I buy it? My 2 DVD drive is on
the top on the computer, and the hard drive is at the bottom of the
computer, so I need a cable that is extened quite a bit on the 3rd
connector.
You cannot buy the cable, since it does not exist.
4. My system board does has a floppy drive port which looks like an IDE
port, can someone know for sure a floppy drive is an IDE port which I
can use to hook up my hard drive?
No. Floppy is 34 pin, IDE is 40 pin.
If I know this cause so many problem, I would have bought a SATA drive
instead. really pissed off
You can try to return the drive. Some vendors will accept that.
You can also try to exchange it for an SATA one.
Failing that you can use an IDE controller card. I made good
experiences with the Promise Ultra 100TX2 (or 133TX2). The controller
should cost around 30-40 USD/EUR and requires one free PCI slot.
They support two busses each, i.e. 4 disks. Some people have had
trouble with connecting CDROM drives to them, but with HDDs they are
very reliable and fast enough.
Arno
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