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Grex > Hardware > #135: Installing a second IDE HDD (WD 540mb) to an older PCI MB? | |
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raven
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Installing a second IDE HDD (WD 540mb) to an older PCI MB?
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Sep 14 01:37 UTC 1997 |
I need (ascii) help installing a 540mb Western Digital IDE hard drive. I
can't seem to find the slot on the motherboard where the ribon cable plugs
in. I looked around with a penlight and nada. The Bios says there is
room for two more drives. The motherboard is an older PCI board (up
to Pentium 100 CPU), this board currently has a floppy, CD-ROM, and 1.0
gig HD. Is there some way I can tell from BIOS or Windows95 if there is
an extra slot available and I just didn't find, or did I just buy myself
an expensive paperweight? Any help is very much appreciated! Thanks in
adavance.
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scott
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response 1 of 3:
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Sep 14 13:29 UTC 1997 |
There is usually a second connector on the cable to the first drive, and
you set jumpers on the drives to make the second drive a "slave" to the
first (which may have a jumper setting to make it a "master"). So 2
drive per IDE interface. Many (but not all) PC motherboards have 2 IDE
interfaces, for a total of 4 drives. If you don't have a connector for
the 2nd interface, you can buy an IDE/lpt/serial/joystick card for about
$30.
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raven
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response 2 of 3:
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Sep 14 14:36 UTC 1997 |
Hey thanks that's the info I needed, I noticed the cable that came with
the drive had an extra connector and I was wondering what was up with the
connector, I shall check this out ASAP.
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raven
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response 3 of 3:
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Sep 15 02:52 UTC 1997 |
It did indeed do the trick. Many thanks! :-)
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