Ide Cable

[relentlessfight]

Is it possible to find an IDE cable with 4 connectors? I have another harddrive i'd like to add to my other 2 and i already have 2 optical drives...

 

[TRDCorolla1]

I don't think so. Each IDE cable can support a max of two IDE devices. You can probably buy a PCI expansion card that supports additional IDE controllers.

 

[xtremezx2]

no, each ide channel will only support 2 devices, one master and one slave. you would need a pci based ide controller which will give you 2 more ide channels to support more devices. something like the below will do and they are quite inexpensive.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16815124001

 

[TRDCorolla1]

That's exactly what I said above...

 

[setishock]

Device Description
Silicon Image SiI 0680 Ultra-ATA/133 Medley RAID Controller
This is what I have. Google it and you'll find several makers of the card using this chip and firmware.
45 bucks US
www.microcenter.com

 

[xtremezx2]

That's exactly what I said above...

no, u said i think this, i think that. i was confirming what you said since you obviously weren't sure and i provided a link to something that would work for his purpose.

 

[TRDCorolla1]

Thanks for being such a genius and clarifying that.