Hooking up 3 ide devices

[Guest]

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okay heres the problem... i have on my computer right now, 2 hard
drives, and 2 cd drives, but i want to add a thrid cd drive, but my
problem is that all my ide cables are filled, is there any suggestion
on how i can go about doing this??
Thanks a lot
Eric


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ACIDdrop166

 

[peter]

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http://www.verbatim.com.au/products.cfm?productID=KW571A
you'll be looking for something like this.Different companies make these to fit
in your PCI slot.
peter
"ACIDdrop166" <ACIDdrop166.1egf0y@pcbanter.net> wrote in message
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>
> okay heres the problem... i have on my computer right now, 2 hard
> drives, and 2 cd drives, but i want to add a thrid cd drive, but my
> problem is that all my ide cables are filled, is there any suggestion
> on how i can go about doing this??
> Thanks a lot
> Eric
>
>
> --
> ACIDdrop166

 

[Jerry]

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Buy a controller card and hook the hard drives up to it.

"ACIDdrop166" <ACIDdrop166.1egf0y@pcbanter.net> wrote in message
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>
> okay heres the problem... i have on my computer right now, 2 hard
> drives, and 2 cd drives, but i want to add a thrid cd drive, but my
> problem is that all my ide cables are filled, is there any suggestion
> on how i can go about doing this??
> Thanks a lot
> Eric
>
>
> --
> ACIDdrop166

 

[Guest]

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You can buy an external box which converets IDE drives into USB, or
Firewire, drives.

Y.

"ACIDdrop166" <ACIDdrop166.1egf0y@pcbanter.net> wrote in message
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>
> okay heres the problem... i have on my computer right now, 2 hard
> drives, and 2 cd drives, but i want to add a thrid cd drive, but my
> problem is that all my ide cables are filled, is there any suggestion
> on how i can go about doing this??
> Thanks a lot
> Eric
>
>
> --
> ACIDdrop166

 

[Guest]

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You can also buy a PCI card that has IDE and often RAID
connections for internal drives.


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"Yves Leclerc" <yleclercNOSPAM@maysys.com> wrote in message
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| You can buy an external box which converets IDE drives
into USB, or
| Firewire, drives.
|
| Y.
|
| "ACIDdrop166" <ACIDdrop166.1egf0y@pcbanter.net> wrote in
message
| news:ACIDdrop166.1egf0y@pcbanter.net...
| >
| > okay heres the problem... i have on my computer right
now, 2 hard
| > drives, and 2 cd drives, but i want to add a thrid cd
drive, but my
| > problem is that all my ide cables are filled, is there
any suggestion
| > on how i can go about doing this??
| > Thanks a lot
| > Eric
| >
| >
| > --
| > ACIDdrop166
|
|

 

[Guest]

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For pci card with 2 IDE controllers (up to 4 additional drives) check out
Promise Ultra 100 TX2 or Ultra 133 TX2. Google search for others.

www.promise.com
available at www.ncix.com

r.


"Jim Macklin" <p51mustang[threeX12]@xxxhotmail.calm> wrote in message
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> You can also buy a PCI card that has IDE and often RAID
> connections for internal drives.
>
>
> --
> The people think the Constitution protects their rights;
> But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome.
>
>
> "Yves Leclerc" <yleclercNOSPAM@maysys.com> wrote in message
> news:ecKkb$DuEHA.2980@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> | You can buy an external box which converets IDE drives
> into USB, or
> | Firewire, drives.
> |
> | Y.
> |
> | "ACIDdrop166" <ACIDdrop166.1egf0y@pcbanter.net> wrote in
> message
> | news:ACIDdrop166.1egf0y@pcbanter.net...
> | >
> | > okay heres the problem... i have on my computer right
> now, 2 hard
> | > drives, and 2 cd drives, but i want to add a thrid cd
> drive, but my
> | > problem is that all my ide cables are filled, is there
> any suggestion
> | > on how i can go about doing this??
> | > Thanks a lot
> | > Eric
> | >
> | >
> | > --
> | > ACIDdrop166
> |
> |
>
>