real quick question!

[Walleye]

when installing IDE components (1 cd drive, 1 hard disk) can you put both the IDE drive on the same cable? or do you need to use both IDE ports and buy a second cable?

 

[Corporate Thug]

no, you can put both on the same cable

 

[Eli]

Yes, one has to be set to Master and the other set to Slave via the jumpers on the device. Naturally, the master goes on the end of the cable opposite the end that plugs into the mboard, and the slave goes on the remaining connector.

I have seen cables that only have 2 connectors, rather than 3, though.

 

[imported_Mike]

if you have 2 ide devices on 1 channel you need to set one to slave and one to master, if you put 1 drive per channel both can be master

 

[notfred]

If you couldn't put them on the same cable, what would yo uthink the second connector on the cable was for?

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: notfred
If you couldn't put them on the same cable, what would yo uthink the second connector on the cable was for?

To stare at, and wonder if you can hook a second device up to it!

Duh!

 

[Chaotic42]

Understand that both drives won't be able to send/recieve information at the same time. If you're only going to have two IDE devices, it's better to put one on each controller.

 

[Walleye]

Originally posted by: notfred
If you couldn't put them on the same cable, what would yo uthink the second connector on the cable was for?

i was wondering about using both a CD drive and a Hard disk drive on the same cable, as it would seem that a hard disk... oh never mind. it was a silly question...

 

[Walleye]

Originally posted by: Chaotic42
Understand that both drives won't be able to send/recieve information at the same time. If you're only going to have two IDE devices, it's better to put one on each controller.

than it'd be worth it to buy a second IDE cable?

noone uses the flat ones it seems why dont they just hand em out free? i want one!

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: Walleye

Originally posted by: notfred
If you couldn't put them on the same cable, what would yo uthink the second connector on the cable was for?

i was wondering about using both a CD drive and a Hard disk drive on the same cable, as it would seem that a hard disk... oh never mind. it was a silly question...

Actually, no.. it's not.

As Chaotic says, they won't be able to be accessed at the same time, which really isn't a big deal, but since us computer builders are anal about performance, it's better to put them both as Master on seperate channels as long as you have the room.

If you ever add another drive, you can stick it on as Primary slave.

Edit: You don't have a 2nd cable? You can use a normal 40pin conductor IDE cable for your cdrom.. use the 80 conductor for your HDD.

 

[Walleye]

Originally posted by: Eli

Originally posted by: Walleye

Originally posted by: notfred
If you couldn't put them on the same cable, what would yo uthink the second connector on the cable was for?

i was wondering about using both a CD drive and a Hard disk drive on the same cable, as it would seem that a hard disk... oh never mind. it was a silly question...

Actually, no.. it's not.

As Chaotic says, they won't be able to be accessed at the same time, which really isn't a big deal, but since us computer builders are anal about performance, it's better to put them both as Master on seperate channels as long as you have the room.

If you ever add another drive, you can stick it on as Primary slave.

Edit: You don't have a 2nd cable? You can use a normal 40pin conductor IDE cable for your cdrom.. use the 80 conductor for your HDD.

i havent picked up my hard drive or cd drive yet... i'm looking for deals on em.


probably gonna get the asus from newegg, the cheappie. 19.00 for a cd drive.

hard drive... hmm, i'm gonna have to look around for that one.

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: Walleye

Originally posted by: Eli

Originally posted by: Walleye

Originally posted by: notfred
If you couldn't put them on the same cable, what would yo uthink the second connector on the cable was for?

i was wondering about using both a CD drive and a Hard disk drive on the same cable, as it would seem that a hard disk... oh never mind. it was a silly question...

Actually, no.. it's not.

As Chaotic says, they won't be able to be accessed at the same time, which really isn't a big deal, but since us computer builders are anal about performance, it's better to put them both as Master on seperate channels as long as you have the room.

If you ever add another drive, you can stick it on as Primary slave.

Edit: You don't have a 2nd cable? You can use a normal 40pin conductor IDE cable for your cdrom.. use the 80 conductor for your HDD.

i havent picked up my hard drive or cd drive yet... i'm looking for deals on em.


probably gonna get the asus from newegg, the cheappie. 19.00 for a cd drive.

hard drive... hmm, i'm gonna have to look around for that one.

How much space do you need?

The Western Digital 120gb Special Edition drives with 8megs cache and a 3 year warranty can be had for almost nothing if you're into price matching and rebates. If not, they're still only about 100$, which is very reasonable.

 

[JoeKing]

Originally posted by: Walleye

Originally posted by: Eli

Originally posted by: Walleye

Originally posted by: notfred
If you couldn't put them on the same cable, what would yo uthink the second connector on the cable was for?

i was wondering about using both a CD drive and a Hard disk drive on the same cable, as it would seem that a hard disk... oh never mind. it was a silly question...

Actually, no.. it's not.

As Chaotic says, they won't be able to be accessed at the same time, which really isn't a big deal, but since us computer builders are anal about performance, it's better to put them both as Master on seperate channels as long as you have the room.

If you ever add another drive, you can stick it on as Primary slave.

Edit: You don't have a 2nd cable? You can use a normal 40pin conductor IDE cable for your cdrom.. use the 80 conductor for your HDD.

i havent picked up my hard drive or cd drive yet... i'm looking for deals on em.


probably gonna get the asus from newegg, the cheappie. 19.00 for a cd drive.

hard drive... hmm, i'm gonna have to look around for that one.

worse comes to worse and you can't find a second ide cable (I'd go with 66 min) slave the cdrom and master the hd drive. course
SVC.com has rounded cables for uber cheap. Lastly don't scrimp on the HDdrive. Bigger = better >180gb WD SE are sweet

 

[Spikesoldier]

there are some really good deals over in that FS/T forum we got here. i was doing some price searching for a small raid 0 stripe im fixing to set up here and found that you can get some pretty good deals over there.

unfortunately, i went to newegg and bought two 30GB maxtors and a PCI raid controller for around ~130.

gotta have it new and with warranty guys :beer: