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19-10-2007, 9:19 AM
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mb 1 slot
i got a new mb and i only has 1 IDE bit for my 2 hard drives and cd drive..
it is newer and more expensive than my last mb so i would have thought to get more than 1!
how can i can all 3 drives with this 1 slot?
u can only run 2 at a time thanks
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19-10-2007, 10:03 AM
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Re: mb 1 slot
I had a similar problem with my ne Gigabyte mobo. In the end I spent £20 and got a new SATA DVD/RW solved all my problems ;->
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19-10-2007, 10:20 AM
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Re: mb 1 slot
so do i need to buy a new.. say about 500gig hard drive and move all my **** from the 120 and 80gigers over to the 500 and abandon the old drives?
whats a SATA?
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19-10-2007, 10:22 AM
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Re: mb 1 slot
SATA replaced IDE. Soon, IDE will not even on any motherboards!
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19-10-2007, 10:48 AM
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Re: mb 1 slot
do u need a new connector or a full on new drive?
hard drives are old fashioned now?
is it a new style of drive or something
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19-10-2007, 10:52 AM
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Re: mb 1 slot
You can buy adaptors SATA <-> IDE, HDD's aren't old fashioned, but IDE is.
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19-10-2007, 1:41 PM
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Re: mb 1 slot
Or if you really want to keep the old drives then you could just get a PCI IDE plug in card and run your CD/DVD drive(s) off this card.
TBH rather then waste good money on old I'd go out and get a decent SATA drive to replace the old IDEs. Your mobo should have come with a few SATA connection cables and maybe even a molex to SATA power convertor cable so make if you decide to go the SATA drive route that you have these or you'll need to order them with the drive.
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