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Offline vyper

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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:
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Offline kasperl

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Reply #1 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
just another newbie without any modding, FREDding or real programming experience

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Reply #2 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.
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Offline diamondgeezer

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Reply #3 on: May 24, 2003, 07:56:22 am
We had this conversation a few weeks ago --> Clickit
 

Offline Petrarch of the VBB

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Reply #4 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?
 

Offline diamondgeezer

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Reply #5 on: May 24, 2003, 08:01:37 am
Hey, I never noticed your post count before. Give me a moment...

[EDIT] Dammit, stop posting!
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