"my computer'-does not show the 2nd hdd

[Frank]

Detlev Dreyer wrote:

That doesn't really matter. You may either want to run the CD-ROM device
as slave at the first IDE controller or at the second IDE controller.

||
||| Have you ever looked inside of a case?
||
|| Yes, more than often. What's your point?
||
The data ribbons won't reach to put a HDD master
with a CDROM slave.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

Detlev Dreyer wrote:

That doesn't really matter. You may either want to run the CD-ROM
device as slave at the first IDE controller or at the second IDE
controller.

The data ribbons won't reach to put a HDD master
with a CDROM slave.

That's simply nonsense. It depends on the case, the drives, what bays the
drives are in, and what cable you have. I've seen many installations, and
done some myself, with exactly that configuration.

It would appear that you are the one who has never looked inside a case, or
at least not very many of them.

 

[Detlev Dreyer]

That doesn't really matter. You may either want to run the CD-ROM device
as slave at the first IDE controller or at the second IDE controller.

||
||| Have you ever looked inside of a case?
||
|| Yes, more than often. What's your point?
||
The data ribbons won't reach to put a HDD master
with a CDROM slave.

LOL! How would you explain that I have 3 Desktop PCs with 4 IDE devices
inside (each) and 1 PC with 5 IDE devices inside (1 extra Controller)?
Note that each Controller has a long ribbon cable attached in most
cases. Otherwise, there are shops around having plenty of long ribbon
cables on stock - and they even sell them!

 

[Frank]

Detlev Dreyer wrote:
||
||| That doesn't really matter. You may either want to run the CD-ROM
||| device as slave at the first IDE controller or at the second IDE
||| controller.
|||
|||||
|||||| Have you ever looked inside of a case?
|||||
||||| Yes, more than often. What's your point?
|||||
||| The data ribbons won't reach to put a HDD master
||| with a CDROM slave.
||
|| LOL! How would you explain that I have 3 Desktop PCs with 4 IDE
|| devices inside (each) and 1 PC with 5 IDE devices inside (1 extra
|| Controller)? Note that each Controller has a long ribbon cable
|| attached in most cases. Otherwise, there are shops around having
|| plenty of long ribbon cables on stock - and they even sell them!

Rube Goldberg is getting out of hand. The OP was talking about
_using what he had_. All he wants to do is have his second HDD
show up, not rebuild his hardware.
I have a machine with a 36" data cable, with a power
cable, running out a PCI blank to change different HDDs.

 

[Detlev Dreyer]

||| The data ribbons won't reach to put a HDD master
||| with a CDROM slave.
||
|| LOL! How would you explain that I have 3 Desktop PCs with 4 IDE
|| devices inside (each) and 1 PC with 5 IDE devices inside (1 extra
|| Controller)? Note that each Controller has a long ribbon cable
|| attached in most cases. Otherwise, there are shops around having
|| plenty of long ribbon cables on stock - and they even sell them!

Rube Goldberg is getting out of hand. The OP was talking about
_using what he had_.

What part of my posting is so hard to understand? And what is so hard
to understand regarding the original posting (cited):

| When I attached 2nd hdd (pri slave WD) on the same IDE cable as the1st
| hdd ( pri master, WD) and when ...

All he wants to do is have his second HDD
show up, not rebuild his hardware.

Nonsense! The OP managed already connecting two IDE devices on the same
cable (see above) with existing hardware - in contrast to you and your
obvious low-cost PC.

I have a machine with a 36" data cable, with a power
cable, running out a PCI blank to change different HDDs.

That's *really* great. Have a nice day - EOD.

 

[Detlev Dreyer]

I have a machine with a 36" data cable, with a power
cable, running out a PCI blank to change different HDDs.

Addendum:
See the standard IDE ribbon cables in contrast to your low-cost PC:
http://www.pctechguide.com/tutorials/FLDrive_ConnectCDRW.htm

| An IDE ribbon cable has three plugs - one for the motherboard and
| the other two for the connected drives.

 

[Frank]

Addendum:
See the standard IDE ribbon cables in contrast to your low-cost PC:
http://www.pctechguide.com/tutorials/FLDrive_ConnectCDRW.htm

| An IDE ribbon cable has three plugs - one for the motherboard and
| the other two for the connected drives.

No need for you to be snide. You don't know if I have a 286 or
a quad zeon.