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need 3 drive ribbon cable
Where can I buy a 3 drive (plus the motherboard connect) 40Pin ribbon cable?
thanks in advance, tele64 |
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You cannot. Only 2 drives per IDE controller.
HH "tele64" wrote in message . .. Where can I buy a 3 drive (plus the motherboard connect) 40Pin ribbon cable? thanks in advance, tele64 |
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HH, I don't get it....my nephew has 3 drives connected; 2 CDRW drives and
one floppy.....all with one ribbon cable! "HH" wrote in message ... You cannot. Only 2 drives per IDE controller. HH "tele64" wrote in message . .. Where can I buy a 3 drive (plus the motherboard connect) 40Pin ribbon cable? thanks in advance, tele64 |
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No he doesn't.
"tele64" wrote in message . .. HH, I don't get it....my nephew has 3 drives connected; 2 CDRW drives and one floppy.....all with one ribbon cable! "HH" wrote in message ... You cannot. Only 2 drives per IDE controller. HH "tele64" wrote in message . .. Where can I buy a 3 drive (plus the motherboard connect) 40Pin ribbon cable? thanks in advance, tele64 |
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Not possible considering the floppy uses a smaller cable and connector
than the other two drives. -- Steve Williams "tele64" wrote in message . .. HH, I don't get it....my nephew has 3 drives connected; 2 CDRW drives and one floppy.....all with one ribbon cable! "HH" wrote in message ... You cannot. Only 2 drives per IDE controller. HH "tele64" wrote in message . .. Where can I buy a 3 drive (plus the motherboard connect) 40Pin ribbon cable? thanks in advance, tele64 -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =----- |
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you're wrong.
"doS" wrote in message ... No he doesn't. "tele64" wrote in message . .. HH, I don't get it....my nephew has 3 drives connected; 2 CDRW drives and one floppy.....all with one ribbon cable! "HH" wrote in message ... You cannot. Only 2 drives per IDE controller. HH "tele64" wrote in message . .. Where can I buy a 3 drive (plus the motherboard connect) 40Pin ribbon cable? thanks in advance, tele64 |
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Yes possible....
"Steve W." wrote in message ... Not possible considering the floppy uses a smaller cable and connector than the other two drives. -- Steve Williams "tele64" wrote in message . .. HH, I don't get it....my nephew has 3 drives connected; 2 CDRW drives and one floppy.....all with one ribbon cable! "HH" wrote in message ... You cannot. Only 2 drives per IDE controller. HH "tele64" wrote in message . .. Where can I buy a 3 drive (plus the motherboard connect) 40Pin ribbon cable? thanks in advance, tele64 -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =----- |
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Never on any computer I've seen since 1981. Perhaps a very, very, very,
very special model. For a standard IDE controller, two is the limit. Now pretty much every motherboard has two controllers. so two cables = four devices. Tom "tele64" wrote in message . .. Yes possible.... "Steve W." wrote in message ... Not possible considering the floppy uses a smaller cable and connector than the other two drives. -- Steve Williams "tele64" wrote in message . .. HH, I don't get it....my nephew has 3 drives connected; 2 CDRW drives and one floppy.....all with one ribbon cable! "HH" wrote in message ... You cannot. Only 2 drives per IDE controller. HH "tele64" wrote in message . .. Where can I buy a 3 drive (plus the motherboard connect) 40Pin ribbon cable? thanks in advance, tele64 -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =----- |
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This group has tried to answer my question but can not....
"Tom Scales" wrote in message ... Never on any computer I've seen since 1981. Perhaps a very, very, very, very special model. For a standard IDE controller, two is the limit. Now pretty much every motherboard has two controllers. so two cables = four devices. Tom "tele64" wrote in message . .. Yes possible.... "Steve W." wrote in message ... Not possible considering the floppy uses a smaller cable and connector than the other two drives. -- Steve Williams "tele64" wrote in message . .. HH, I don't get it....my nephew has 3 drives connected; 2 CDRW drives and one floppy.....all with one ribbon cable! "HH" wrote in message ... You cannot. Only 2 drives per IDE controller. HH "tele64" wrote in message . .. Where can I buy a 3 drive (plus the motherboard connect) 40Pin ribbon cable? thanks in advance, tele64 -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =----- |
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Again, the floppy drive uses a floppy controller, not the IDE controllers,
and a 34-conductor cable. IDE cables are 40-conductor (wider). On a standard PC, there are two ide controllers (primary and secondary). Each can handle 2 devices. Period. HH "tele64" wrote in message . .. This group has tried to answer my question but can not.... "Tom Scales" wrote in message ... Never on any computer I've seen since 1981. Perhaps a very, very, very, very special model. For a standard IDE controller, two is the limit. Now pretty much every motherboard has two controllers. so two cables = four devices. Tom "tele64" wrote in message . .. Yes possible.... "Steve W." wrote in message ... Not possible considering the floppy uses a smaller cable and connector than the other two drives. -- Steve Williams "tele64" wrote in message . .. HH, I don't get it....my nephew has 3 drives connected; 2 CDRW drives and one floppy.....all with one ribbon cable! "HH" wrote in message ... You cannot. Only 2 drives per IDE controller. HH "tele64" wrote in message . .. Where can I buy a 3 drive (plus the motherboard connect) 40Pin ribbon cable? thanks in advance, tele64 -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =----- |
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