Gigabyte DS3 - IDE Hard Drive and Optical Drive?? WTF

[aberdeen5]

How are you supposed to have both of those installed with only 1 IDE cable? Is there even a way?

 

[keeleysam]

36 inch IDE cable.

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

What do you mean? The cable isn't long enough for your case or something else?

 

[aberdeen5]

Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello
What do you mean? The cable isn't long enough for your case or something else?

You can only use one IDE cable with this motherboard. The cable can't connect the HDD and optical drive at the same time because its not long enough.

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Originally posted by: aberdeen5

Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello
What do you mean? The cable isn't long enough for your case or something else?

You can only use one IDE cable with this motherboard. The cable can't connect the HDD and optical drive at the same time because its not long enough.

Ok, well yeah... then getting a longer IDE cable seems like the answer, eh?

 

[slayerized]

I think your best option would be to buy a SATA hard drive. In case you already have an IDE hard drive, then your only option is to buy an IDE to SATA adapter. I have seen a few of them online, but never tried any (they are in the 20-30 buck range). Hope this helps. However there is a PATA port in DS3; in case you have a PATA hard drive you could use it!

 

[JE78]

I've noticed this in alot of the newer board, only one IDE connection.

 

[SuperNaruto]

http://www.directron.com/ra36bl.html

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[aberdeen5]

My primary drive is SATA but my backup is IDE. I'm going to get the longer IDE cable since that is my only choice. Oh well..