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Old 03-29-2004, 08:53 PM   #1 (permalink)
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More than 4+ IDE drives?

Is it possible to install more than 4 IDE drives (HDs, CD-ROM, CD-RW,
DVD-ROM, DVD-Rx, etc) in a home computer system (PM, PS, SM, SS)?

If so, how and what is needed?

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Old 03-29-2004, 08:56 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Sure.. you just need another IDE PCI card.

something like this will work fine.

http://www.startech.com/ststore/item...r=topbario.htm
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Old 03-29-2004, 09:24 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Old 03-29-2004, 10:00 PM   #4 (permalink)
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there are also some motherboards with mor than 2 channels also with SATA now the new ones are only going to have 1 channel standard...but there will be some with at least 2 channels and mabey 4 like a few now do

PS each channel has 2 devises
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Old 03-29-2004, 10:18 PM   #5 (permalink)
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ablang,
FYI: Several of the Gigabyte Nforce2 boards can accomodate up to a total of 10 devices, including the 2 SATA ports.......

The main reason that I got my Gigabyte GA 7N400 Pro, at any given time I will have 2 optical drives, and anywhere from 3 to 6 Hard drives.


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