3 Hard drives

[Khaydarin]

how does one hook up 3 hard drives? I only can use an IDE cable, and there's only 2 IDE slots on my mobo. Am I stuck with 2 hard drives? (The other IDE slot is for my DVD and CD ROM drives)

[unhappy_mage]

You could get an add-in PCI card. Expect to pay about $30 at a store, or $15 online. Other than that... disconnect one optical drive and plug it in there, but that yields slower transfer speeds.

http://www.hardfolding.com/ftag1.php/mem/150072.png (http://www.hardfolding.com?go=38&tm=33&id=150072)http://www.hardfolding.com/utag1.php/mem/428/1.png (http://www.hardfolding.com?go=36&id=428&type=1)

[Slartibartfast]

You could also get an external enclosure.

[drizzt81]

You could also get an external enclosure.
however, internal solutions tend to be faster.

[protias]

You could get an add-in PCI card. Expect to pay about $30 at a store, or $15 online. Other than that... disconnect one optical drive and plug it in there, but that yields slower transfer speeds.

http://www.hardfolding.com/ftag1.php/mem/150072.png (http://www.hardfolding.com?go=38&tm=33&id=150072)http://www.hardfolding.com/utag1.php/mem/428/1.png (http://www.hardfolding.com?go=36&id=428&type=1)

i love my PCI IDE expansion cards. i have no idea what i would do without them :D

[Tormond]

i love my PCI IDE expansion cards. i have no idea what i would do without them :D

Switch to SATA probably :)

I actually had to go dig thru a box the other night looking for an actual EIDE cable it has been so long since I installed one