3 Hard drives

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Khaydarin

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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)
 
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.

 
unhappy_mage said:
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.

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