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More than 4 IDE devices?

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First post, by MusicallyInspired

Posted on 2006-05-13, 21:00

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I wasn't sure where to post this..

Is it possible? My (and AFAIK every) computer only has a primary and secondary controller and each has a master and a slave. I have 2 HDs and a DVD burner and CD/RW burner. The thing is my DVD burner drive doesn't read a lot of DVDs very well (though it is just fine at burning). I have another DVD drive but I don't want to remove anything that's in there right now. So I want to had my 2 HDs, CD burner, DVD burner, and DVD drive. Is that possible somehow? Are there controller cards you can buy to give you a third IDE controller? If not then why do soem computers have 4 or more slots for drives??

Reply 1 of 6, by mirekluza

Posted on 2006-05-13, 21:10

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I think that you can buy a card to add more IDE devices... Though I have never needed it, so I have never tried it.

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Reply 2 of 6, by swaaye

Posted on 2006-05-13, 22:03

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definitely. You just need to pick up a PCI IDE card. Make sure it supports ATAPI if you want to put optical drives on it.

Reply 3 of 6, by MusicallyInspired

Posted on 2006-05-13, 22:29

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Anyone have a guesstimate as to how much these go for?

Reply 4 of 6, by DosFreak

Posted on 2006-05-14, 00:45

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uhhh, pocket change? Depends on how good of one you want but they've been around forever.

You'd probably be better off just getting an external enclosure tho.

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Reply 5 of 6, by MusicallyInspired

Posted on 2006-05-14, 04:19

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Hmmm interesting. Thank you.

Reply 6 of 6, by HunterZ

Posted on 2006-05-15, 15:21

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If you have a system with PCI slots, you can get decent PCI IDE controller add-on cards. There are a few brands out there, but the only one I've used is Promise, which seems decent.

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