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7th Jun 2009, 19:13
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My motherboard has 3 IDE channel/ports. One is for the floppy disk, the other for the CD drive and the 3rd one is for the hard drive. I plan on upgrading my hard disk, and I plan on cloning my old drive. For this I need to install the new drive as a slave drive. However on recent inspection I've noticed that the cable connecting my hard drive cable to the IDE port has no extra connector where the slave hard drive can be connected. However on the CD drive cable there is a spare connector.
Am i supposed to get a new cable with a spare connector for my hard drive cable, or can i place the slave hard drive on the spare connector for the CD cable. Really need advice, thanks. Also, can the ide cable suffer from ESD? |
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8th Jun 2009, 03:21
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you can put the secondary hard drive on the second connector on the IDE thats connected to the CD. It make no difference really, they both connect to the motherboard. If the cable doesnt reach very well though, you can simply swap the CD cable with the Hard drive cable.
Or you could always get another IDE cable that has 2 plugs on it, which is the norm. Something like this is what you need, if youre not sure. |
