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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: vyper on May 24, 2003, 07:26:02 am

Title: IDE Cables
Post by: vyper on May 24, 2003, 07:26:02 am

Guys, I've currently used up my two ide slots - two drives per cable, four drives. Now I'm wanting to install a secondary hard drive, but as I look across the world of ebay I cannot find a ide cable with more than two connectors on it. Any ideas?:hopping:

Title: IDE Cables
Post by: kasperl on May 24, 2003, 07:27:46 am

there shouldn't be any IDE cable with more than 2 connectors on it.


idea's:

SCSI, only if the drive is SCSI, and it's expensive
PCI IDE, 4 more slots, not that expensive, not that slow
Serial ATA, expensive, new, supposed to be fast

all of this is AFAIK

Title: IDE Cables
Post by: Admiral LSD on May 24, 2003, 07:50:47 am

IDE only supports two drives per cable and even then each channel runs at the speed of the slowest device. I've seen a program that claims to be able to support a third device but it's an old DOS proggy and probably wouldn't even work with 98 let alone 2000 or XP.

A PCI ATA133 card is probably your best bet, SCSI isn't really worth the cost for just a single HDD and unless you're willing to shell out for a new motherboard based on the Intel i875 chipset, neither is SATA.

Title: IDE Cables
Post by: diamondgeezer on May 24, 2003, 07:56:22 am

We had this conversation a few weeks ago --> Clickit (http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/topic,15030.0.html)

Title: IDE Cables
Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on May 24, 2003, 08:00:22 am

Must. Stay. One. Post. Ahead. Of. DG!

anyway, what devices do you have on these two cables?

Title: IDE Cables
Post by: diamondgeezer on May 24, 2003, 08:01:37 am

Hey, I never noticed your post count before. Give me a moment...

[EDIT] Dammit, stop posting!