Newbie Question

Hello All, let me start by saying, I am sure glad I found this group.
After just building my first computer, and winging it all the way, it is
up and seems to be running fine, for the last week.
I built it using a D875PBZ mother board, and a 3.02 cpu. I am using two
Maxtor 120G SATA Hardrives, and filled it with four sticks of Kingston 512
memory, and stuck a fan in every hole I could find. I have a CDRW, and a
DVDRW connected to the secondary IDE controller.
My question is, can I connect an internal Zip drive to the primary IDE
controller??
I am totally new to this, so please excuse me, if this is a stupid question,
I am still learning.
Thanks in advance, for any replies....
Wade


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One more question, does it have to be ATAPI, or is IDE, Ok, these
internet stores, are really getting confusing.................
-Walt


"Walt" wrote in message
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Hello All, let me start by saying, I am sure glad I found this group.
After just building my first computer, and winging it all the way, it
is
up and seems to be running fine, for the last week.
I built it using a D875PBZ mother board, and a 3.02 cpu. I am using
two
Maxtor 120G SATA Hardrives, and filled it with four sticks of Kingston
512
memory, and stuck a fan in every hole I could find. I have a CDRW, and a
DVDRW connected to the secondary IDE controller.
My question is, can I connect an internal Zip drive to the primary IDE
controller??
I am totally new to this, so please excuse me, if this is a stupid
question,
I am still learning.
Thanks in advance, for any replies....
Wade


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Should be Ok. Just jumper the ATAPI/IDE devices correctly..

From Enhanced IDE FAQ at

http://thef-nym.sci.kun.nl/~pieterh/storage.html

2.2 IDE and ATA
IDE (Integrated Drive Electronics--or numerous other interpretations) and
ATA (AT Attachment) are one and the same thing: a disk drive implementation
designed to integrate the controller onto the drive itself, thereby reducing
interface costs, and making firmware implementations easier. This low
cost/easy integration created a boom in the disk drive industry, as PC
integrators readily ate up the low-cost alternative. Since the late 80's,
ATA (as it is properly called) has become the drive of choice for the cost
inhibited buyer.--

2.5 ATA Packet Interface (ATAPI)
One of the disadvantages of ATA is that it was designed for harddisks only.
That was fine back when a high end PC shipped with just a floppy drive and a
40MB harddisk, but today CD-ROM and tape drives are commonplace devices that
should preferably run off a single low-cost interface. The ATA Packet
Interface (ATAPI) is a standard designed for devices such as CD-ROMs and
tape drives that plug into an ordinary ATA (IDE) port.
The principal advantage of ATAPI hardware is that it's cheap and works on on
every PC with an IDE or 'EIDE' adapter. ATAPI tape drives can enjoy superior
performance and reliability compared to the popular QIC117 'floppy' tape
devices.
Beware that although ATAPI devices plug into the IDE interface, they differ
considerably from an IDE harddisk. Caching controllers and other intelligent
interfaces will not work unless they're ATAPI aware. Booting from an ATAPI
CD-ROM is only possible with the latest BIOSes.

Aloke
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"Walt" wrote in message
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One more question, does it have to be ATAPI, or is IDE, Ok, these
internet stores, are really getting confusing.................
-Walt


"Walt" wrote in message
...
Hello All, let me start by saying, I am sure glad I found this
group.
After just building my first computer, and winging it all the way,
it
is
up and seems to be running fine, for the last week.
I built it using a D875PBZ mother board, and a 3.02 cpu. I am using
two
Maxtor 120G SATA Hardrives, and filled it with four sticks of Kingston
512
memory, and stuck a fan in every hole I could find. I have a CDRW, and
a
DVDRW connected to the secondary IDE controller.
My question is, can I connect an internal Zip drive to the primary
IDE
controller??

Thanks for your help, I just ordered the Zip..................
-Walt


"Aloke Prasad" wrote in message
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Should be Ok. Just jumper the ATAPI/IDE devices correctly..

From Enhanced IDE FAQ at

http://thef-nym.sci.kun.nl/~pieterh/storage.html

2.2 IDE and ATA
IDE (Integrated Drive Electronics--or numerous other interpretations) and
ATA (AT Attachment) are one and the same thing: a disk drive
implementation
designed to integrate the controller onto the drive itself, thereby
reducing
interface costs, and making firmware implementations easier. This low
cost/easy integration created a boom in the disk drive industry, as PC
integrators readily ate up the low-cost alternative. Since the late 80's,
ATA (as it is properly called) has become the drive of choice for the cost
inhibited buyer.--

2.5 ATA Packet Interface (ATAPI)
One of the disadvantages of ATA is that it was designed for harddisks
only.
That was fine back when a high end PC shipped with just a floppy drive and
a
40MB harddisk, but today CD-ROM and tape drives are commonplace devices
that
should preferably run off a single low-cost interface. The ATA Packet
Interface (ATAPI) is a standard designed for devices such as CD-ROMs and
tape drives that plug into an ordinary ATA (IDE) port.
The principal advantage of ATAPI hardware is that it's cheap and works on
on
every PC with an IDE or 'EIDE' adapter. ATAPI tape drives can enjoy
superior
performance and reliability compared to the popular QIC117 'floppy' tape
devices.
Beware that although ATAPI devices plug into the IDE interface, they
differ
considerably from an IDE harddisk. Caching controllers and other
intelligent
interfaces will not work unless they're ATAPI aware. Booting from an ATAPI
CD-ROM is only possible with the latest BIOSes.

Aloke
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"Walt" wrote in message
...
One more question, does it have to be ATAPI, or is IDE, Ok, these
internet stores, are really getting confusing.................
-Walt


"Walt" wrote in message
...
Hello All, let me start by saying, I am sure glad I found this
group.
After just building my first computer, and winging it all the way,
it
is
up and seems to be running fine, for the last week.
I built it using a D875PBZ mother board, and a 3.02 cpu. I am
using
two
Maxtor 120G SATA Hardrives, and filled it with four sticks of
Kingston
512
memory, and stuck a fan in every hole I could find. I have a CDRW,
and
a
DVDRW connected to the secondary IDE controller.
My question is, can I connect an internal Zip drive to the primary
IDE
controller??




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