hard drive question, might be stupid

[Chau]

i have a WD ultra ata controller card in my comp and i have to use it because i have a 160 gig hard drive, right now i got a 160 gig and 60 gig hard drive connected to the controller card... can i also hook up hard drives to my motherboards ide ports as well as to the controller card at the same time?? like 2 hooked up to ide on motherboard and 2 hooked up to controller card? will all 4 hard drives be recognized?

thanks

 

[RichieZ]

Originally posted by: Chau
i have a WD ultra ata controller card in my comp and i have to use it because i have a 160 gig hard drive, right now i got a 160 gig and 60 gig hard drive connected to the controller card... can i also hook up hard drives to my motherboards ide ports as well as to the controller card at the same time?? like 2 hooked up to ide on motherboard and 2 hooked up to controller card? will all 4 hard drives be recognized?

thanks

yes

 

[RyanM]

Wrong forum, but yes.

 

[spanky]

yes

 

[TallBill]

yeah, all 4 should be recognized assuming your PSU can handle more drives. Make sure you get yer master/slave settings right.. and next time use the correct forum

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: MachFive
Wrong forum, but yes.

 

[Anubis]

yes I do that. have 2 40 gigs on the HD and a 120 on a Promise IDE card