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Old 01-15-2004, 08:49 PM   #1 (permalink)
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HDDs on one ribbon
what is the most HDDs you can stick on the same Ribbon??

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Old 01-15-2004, 08:52 PM   #2 (permalink)
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well I thought it was just 2 but I don't know about RAID's and what not. I have NEVER...EVER seen more than 2 on a typical IDE cable.
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Old 01-15-2004, 08:56 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Seeing as how most IDE ports can only handle two devices, there's not much point making a cable w/ more than two connectors.
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that kinda sucks cause i got ALOT of extra HDDs sitting arround and it would be nice to utilize their space
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Sell 'em. How much you want for 'em?
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There is a possibility that SCSI hard drives can be added to a ribbon cable as long as there are sockets to plug into the drive. I know very little about SCSI devices, but seems like I read somewhere that there can be 15? devices in a string. Its a totally different type of setup than IDE.

IDE can only handle two devices per controller...and thats all of the sockets I have ever seen on any one IDE ribbon cable.

As I said, this SCSI stuff is just an unknown speculation for me.
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Quote:
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that kinda sucks cause i got ALOT of extra HDDs sitting arround and it would be nice to utilize their space
Get a controller card..that will give you 4 more IDE devices. I am running 4 IDE devices on a Promise controller card now, and 3 more on the motherboard IDE controllers.
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how much did that cost?
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Old 01-15-2004, 09:31 PM   #9 (permalink)
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http://www.acortech.com/.sc/ms/cat/1...0Cards--IDE%20^2F%20Serial%20Controllers

a cheap one is less than $20

gives 2 IDE ports
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It depends on where you purchase the controller at, I've got a maxtor ide controller with serial ata and an ata port, It came with my friends maxtor drive.
However you should be able to find a good one for around 20-60 dollars usually depending on where you buy it at:
http://www.compusa.com/products/prod...127&pfp=BROWSE
http://www.compusa.com/products/prod...179&pfp=BROWSE
http://www.compusa.com/products/prod...126&pfp=BROWSE
http://www.compusa.com/products/prod...126&pfp=BROWSE
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http://www.compusa.com/products/prod...320&pfp=BROWSE
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