[Bobboau]

I just got a new CD burner and I was in the proces of instaling it when I realised that I already have
a)flopp drive (not sure what it's hooked up to)
c)hard drive (primary master, boot)
d)hard drive (primary slave)
e)partition of c
f)zip drive(secondary slave)
g)dvd rom(secondary master)

now

I have no IDE slots open for the new drive, but the primary IDE cable has three slots on it (seemed odd to me as I thought only two could be on one IDE; master/slave), wich makes me think that there is some way to get three drives on one IDE cable. so is there any way short of a SCSI to get my new drive into my system without sacraficeing an existing drive
I am going to see what is up with the flopy maybe I can do something there

[Turnsky]

get yourself a PCI IDE Controller.....  it's a work-around for your current situation..

[Starks]

DAMN! Your comp is jacked!

[Turnsky]

sounds a bit like my current setup, minus the slaved HDD, i'm looking to get a ide controller myself, i'd like to make the most of my comp.


i assume you're not using a raid board bobb?

[Bobboau]

it's a compaq, I'm not looking to put much more cash into it, as I'm getting a whole new system soon, I was just hopeing there was a quick and easy way out of this problem so I wouldn't need to take the thing apart when ever I wanted to switch between them, oh well.
I would like to know why the hell this one IDE cable has three openings on it (with matching power suply cables)

[Starks]

My floppy disk drive doesn't even have a brand name to call its own...

[Admiral LSD]

I remember seeing some software years ago that allowed you to use three drives on the one cable but it was an old DOS TSR (I think) and probably would have a heart attack in a modern Windows environment. PCI ATA133 cards are relatively  inexpensive so your best bet in the short term would be to buy one of those.

[Turnsky]

Originally posted by Bobboau
it's a compaq

yeesh

[Bobboau]

yes, pitty me
I'm thinking about Alien Ware for my new system

[Turnsky]

a wise choice, i built my system from the ground up, as there were no decent systems within walking distance other than a craptiva

[Bobboau]

well I guess I can just plug it in when I have enough stuff to burn, it'll get the job done

[Liberator]

Alienware is good!  Wish I could afford their mobile system to take to school this fall but $2500 is way out of budget.  If you're willing to wait AMD is going to release their 64-bit consumer-level processor in September sometime.  

Q: What are the differences between the AMD Opteron processor and the AMD Athlon™ 64 processor?
 
A: The primary difference between the AMD Opteron processor, for servers and workstations, and the upcoming AMD Athlon 64 processor, for desktop and mobile systems, is in the number of HyperTransport technology links embedded on the chip. The AMD Athlon 64 processor will contain one HyperTransport technology link offering 6.4 GB/s data transfer while the AMD Opteron processor offers three links. The processors may contain different amounts of cache depending on the configuration a customer chooses.

This looks very exciting and worth waiting for unless you need a computer tomorrow.

[diamondgeezer]

So... PCI IDE cards... how fast are they compared to just plugging your HD in to your IDe controller?

[Turnsky]

fast enough to run most disc drives at a decent rate, then you can tie up your on-board ide slots with hard discs:drevil:

[Bobboau]

you know I have been putting of buying a new computer ever sence 1Ghz was top of the line simply becase I figured that AMD was going to relese something a few months later and I finaly got tired of waiting and said "to hell with it, I'm getting it now" and now there getting redy to let one rip,
guess I'll wait...
next year's cristmas present...

[J.F.K.]

Your comp sounds like mine: I have two SCSI 9.1GB Seagates, a 30GB IDE IBM, a 10GB IDE Fujitsu, a Sony CD-RW and a Creative DVD drive. A huge pain to set up with.

[Admiral LSD]

Originally posted by Liberator
If you're willing to wait AMD is going to release their 64-bit consumer-level processor in September sometime.

It was supposed to come out early this year too...

Any release date claim from AMD is best taken with a grain of salt.

[Grey Wolf]

You know you could just get a nForce3 Pro board when it comes out and hook up a Opteron to it

[Hudzy]

Originally posted by Bobboau
yes, pitty me
I'm thinking about Alien Ware for my new system

Keep thinking that. I got my laptop from them.

[Admiral LSD]

...and tell me, after you able to sit down yet? I'm willing to bet that, after the ass-raping AlienWare gave you, if you bent over and spread your cheeks you'd be indistinguishable from the goatse man...

Originally posted by Grey Wolf 2009
You know you could just get a nForce3 Pro board when it comes out and hook up a Opteron to it

heh, nVidia are almost as bad as AMD when it comes to announcing and delivering chipsets. I'd be surprised if nForce3 made it into general circulation before the beginning og next year.