Typically, there will be 2 connectors on the mobo or controller card. Grab a ribbon cable from somewhere else (like your defunct older box) and hook up the IDE drive on the other connector.
This will also often make the drive read/write faster, as the controller is forced to operate at the speed of the slower drive on the channel, which would have been the DVD anyway. --Ben Raymond Camden wrote: > So all of this makes sense. However - inside my computer the IDE > controller currently has a ribbon going to the DVD burner. The ribbon > has another connector I could hook the drive to - but the ribbon is > too far away from where it would go. I think I'm stuck. > > On 5/13/05, Ben Doom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>Dude, they have totally different cables. They run off different >>controllers. You can add the IDE drive if you have an IDE controller in >>the box (my mobo has both). >> >>If you want to boot from it, you'll probably have to change the boot >>order in the BIOS. >> >>--Ben >> >>Raymond Camden wrote: >> >>>On my old PC, a few months ago, I added a new IDE drive to the box. I >>>set it in 'choose' mode I think, which meant it would notice that it >>>needed to be a slave and would set itself as such. >>> >>>On my new box my primary drive is a SATA drive. Is it safe to assume I >>>can't slave the IDE drive to it? If so - what is the proper way to add >>>it? Or should I take the easy way out and move the drive to a case I >>>have the transforms internal drives to external usb 2 drives? >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Sams Teach Yourself Regular Expressions in 10 Minutes by Ben Forta http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=40 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:157473 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
