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motherboards usually come with at least one ide cable. if you have a sata hard drive, then you can just use the ide cable that came with the motherboard. however, if you have a ide/ata hard drive and it only comes with one cable, then you will need to buy another one.
 
I was looking at one of my older computers and it looked like the IDE cable that goes into the HD also goes into the CD/DVD tray and then goes onto the mobo is this correct?
 
Originally posted by: nonilley
I was looking at one of my older computers and it looked like the IDE cable that goes into the HD also goes into the CD/DVD tray and then goes onto the mobo is this correct?
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that works, but most people use 2 seperate ide cables, due to the length of the cable. the hdd connects to the primary ide port, and the cd/dvd connects to the secondary ide port.
 
Also if you don't already have CD/DVD burning software you should pay the extra $10 for a drive that comes with Nero ($50 vs. $40 for a NEC 3550).
 
Originally posted by: InlineFour
Originally posted by: nonilley
I was looking at one of my older computers and it looked like the IDE cable that goes into the HD also goes into the CD/DVD tray and then goes onto the mobo is this correct?
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that works, but most people use 2 seperate ide cables, due to the length of the cable. the hdd connects to the primary ide port, and the cd/dvd connects to the secondary ide port.
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I don't think that I've ever had an issue with IDE cables not being long enough. I thought that most people choose to have two separate IDE cables largely because by connecting the CD/DVD Drive to the same channel as the HDD causes the IDE speeds to drop to ATA33. Of course on older computers, this would not really make a difference.
 
Originally posted by: bladephoenix
Originally posted by: InlineFour
Originally posted by: nonilley
I was looking at one of my older computers and it looked like the IDE cable that goes into the HD also goes into the CD/DVD tray and then goes onto the mobo is this correct?
Click to expand...

that works, but most people use 2 seperate ide cables, due to the length of the cable. the hdd connects to the primary ide port, and the cd/dvd connects to the secondary ide port.
Click to expand...


I don't think that I've ever had an issue with IDE cables not being long enough. I thought that most people choose to have two separate IDE cables largely because by connecting the CD/DVD Drive to the same channel as the HDD causes the IDE speeds to drop to ATA33. Of course on older computers, this would not really make a difference.
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i meant the length between the pimary and slave connector, not the overall length of the cable. there are more reasons, but that's the first thing that came to my head.
 
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