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Article #72036Re: IDE - CD ROMs
From: David Hough
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 1995 07:08
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 1995 07:08
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In article <749882286wnr@dcad.demon.co.uk> alang@dcad.demon.co.uk (Alan Groom) writes: >I want to add an IDE CD ROM to a system currently configured with two >IDE HDDs (One Master one Slave). I seem to recall IDE will only handle >two drives max. Does the CD ROM pretend to be a slave drive and thus >clash with the existing slave IDE HDD? > You need another IDE controller. Either get a card with two IDE controllers on it or a separate card with a secondary IDE controller on it. When I bought my IDE CDROM it came supplied with such a card. Dave -- ***************************************************************************** * G4WRW @ GB7WRW.#41.GBR.EU AX25 * * * dave@llondel.demon.co.uk Internet * Stop the World! I want to get off! * * g4wrw@g4wrw.ampr.org Amprnet * * *****************************************************************************
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1036bc,65f4a4be4c0c08e9 X-Google-Attributes: gid1036bc,public X-Google-Thread: 104cf5,65f4a4be4c0c08e9 X-Google-Attributes: gid104cf5,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1995-03-15 01:42:47 PST Newsgroups: demon.tech.pc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.cd-rom From: dave@llondel.demon.co.uk (David Hough) Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!bga.com!news.sprintlink.net!hookup!solaris.cc.vt.edu!news.duke.edu!godot.cc.duq.edu!newsfeed.pitt.edu!uunet!in1.uu.net!pipex!peernews.demon.co.uk!llondel.demon.co.uk!dave Subject: Re: IDE - CD ROMs References: <749882286wnr@dcad.demon.co.uk> Followup-To: demon.tech.pc X-Mailer: cppnews $Revision: 1.42 $ Organization: last! Lines: 18 X-Posting-Host: sectel.demon.co.uk Date: Wed, 15 Mar 1995 07:08:38 +0000 Message-ID: <795276518snx@llondel.demon.co.uk> Sender: usenet@demon.co.uk