Am I on crack or............?

[Raj]

I haven't kept up with new hardware lately but. isn't there a type of IDE card that will allow me to put more than 2 IDE devices on the same chain? I thought i remember seeing it on an ASUS motherboard?

 

[Budman]

Yes you're smoking crack,you cant put more that 2 devices on 1 IDE cable.

so you can have 4 devices total.

 

[Buz2b]

Perhaps you were smoking but you might also be refering to an IDE card (fits in PCI Slot) that would allow you to have more than the standard 4 IDE devices on one system. Using something like a Promise IDEController card you could add up to four more devices to a system.

 

[Raj]

if I am on crack then what is this?


http://www.cables4computer.com/products/individualItem.asp?groupcode=I1106

 

[Intelman07]

Good question 😛

 

[Budman]

Originally posted by: Raj
if I am on crack then what is this?


http://www.cables4computer.com/products/individualItem.asp?groupcode=I1106[/q

It's just got 4 connectors,but you cant use more than 2 at the same time.

Description

Use our high quality internal ribbon cables to connect your Hard drive and CD-ROM.

Features

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Additional connectors give your customers flexibility of where to position their drives.

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Allows two internal IDE hard drives to be connected to a controller card

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Fully tested and certified to meet or exceed industry standards

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High quality Internal quad IDE Hard drive ribbon cable

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Red line on side to indicate pin one.

 

[Peter]

That's a cable made by a crack smoker. IDE attaches the chipset to one (drive integrated) controller, and this controller in the drive can hook up to one or two drives.
Neither the master/slave decision process, nor the data transfer protocol allow for more than two drives.