fit 3rd HDD

[WillofAustralia]

How and what do I require to fit a 3rd HDD into my box__I do not have any
ATA cable left nor have I got any more Power supply plugs as they have all
been used up_____I am running 2 HDD's one is wd 120gb tother is wd 160gb and
both set up to cable select___I have a internal USB port but don't want to
use it this time
With Kind Regards From Willofaustralia

 

[Paul]

How and what do I require to fit a 3rd HDD into my box__I do not have any
ATA cable left nor have I got any more Power supply plugs as they have all
been used up_____I am running 2 HDD's one is wd 120gb tother is wd 160gb and
both set up to cable select___I have a internal USB port but don't want to
use it this time
With Kind Regards From Willofaustralia

This PCI card will give you two more IDE connectors.

PROMISE ULTRA133 TX2 PCI IDE 66M PCI Controller Card - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16816102007

This "Y" cable will give you another power connector.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16812189003

Also, if your motherboard has two existing IDE connectors, they
can control a total of four storage devices. If one device is
a CD, that leaves three connectors for hard drives.

What is the motherboard make and model number ? Perhaps
if you told us what motherboard, we could give you a better
solution.

Paul

 

[WillofAustralia]

Main board is___________Asus P4P800S-se_____

This PCI card will give you two more IDE connectors.

PROMISE ULTRA133 TX2 PCI IDE 66M PCI Controller Card - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16816102007

This "Y" cable will give you another power connector.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16812189003

Also, if your motherboard has two existing IDE connectors, they
can control a total of four storage devices. If one device is
a CD, that leaves three connectors for hard drives.

What is the motherboard make and model number ? Perhaps
if you told us what motherboard, we could give you a better
solution.

Paul

 

[Paul]

Main board is___________Asus P4P800S-se_____

http://www.asus.com.tw/products4.aspx?modelmenu=2&model=172&l1=3&l2=12&l3=29

"Storage/RAID

2 x UltraDMA 100/66/33
Built-in ICH5 supports 2 x Serial ATA"

Each IDE connector takes a ribbon cable with two connectors:

- - -
| |-------------| |---| | <--- Ribbon cable has two connectors for
- - - two IDE disk drives. One drive jumpered
Motherboard Drive Drive to "master' and one to "slave".
#1 #2

- - -
| |-------------| |---| | <--- Ribbon cable has two connectors for
- - - two IDE disk drives.
Motherboard Drive Drive
#3 #4

- -
| |-------------------| | <--- SATA cable supports one drive only
- -
Motherboard Drive #5 (SATA)

- -
| |-------------------| | <--- SATA cable supports one drive only
- -
Motherboard Drive #6 (SATA)

Using an operating system like WinXP, you can connect a total of six
storage devices (hard drives or CDROM) to the four cables shown above.
The BIOS option for the storage should be set to "Enhanced".

Using an operating system like Win98, you can only install 4 drives.
To make Win98 work, you set the BIOS option to "Compatible". Compatible
uses I/O mapping and IRQ 14 and 15, like a legacy motherboard.

There are plenty of options to support three hard drives, using the
interfaces already on your motherboard.

Here is a picture of the IDE ribbon cable. The two connectors on the
right hand end of the cable, connect to two hard drives. The bottom
cable in the picture here, has 80 wires in the cable, and those are
the best cables to use. The 40 wire cable (top one in the picture)
is not as good, and the drive will operate slower if you use a 40 wire
cable.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/26/ATA_cables.jpg

This is a SATA cable. It is thinner than the old ribbon cables. SATA
hard drives are the newest type.

http://www.askbobrankin.com/sata-cable.jpg

Paul

 

[You Know Who]

Most computers have two controllers which handle four drives. I don't think
you are telling us about all of the stuff you have hooked up in there.
If all else fails, you can get a pci board to add more drives.