[iyonix-support] Re: 4 IDE drives: Success
- From: tennant@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Tennant Stuart)
- To: iyonix-support@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 8 Apr 2007 18:58:11 +0100
On Sat 7 Apr 2007 (23:04:23 +0100), Dave Lane wrote:
>Hi,
>
>All 4 drives now work after power on, with the following arrangement.
>
> IDE bus 0 (primary) IDE bus 1 (secondary)
> Master Slave Master Slave
>
> Main Hard Drive DVDRW Second HD CDRW
>
>For the record:
>
>The main HD and the CDRW are the original ones fitted by Castle (first
>batch of Iyonix PCs in 2002), the second HD is a Maxtor Diamond Plus 9
>80GB ATA/133 and the DVDRW is a LITEON SOHW-1693S23C.
>
>Perhaps this will be of help to others contemplating having these
>drives.
>
>Also, it is easier to fit the cables round each other if at least one
>of them is a round cable (as opposed to a flat ribbon cable).
I'm planning to fit a second HD, but don't have a DVDRW.
Should I fit it like this...
IDE bus 0 (primary) IDE bus 1 (secondary)
Master Slave Master Slave
Main Hard Drive Second HD CDRW
or this?
IDE bus 0 (primary) IDE bus 1 (secondary)
Master Slave Master Slave
Main Hard Drive CDRW Second HD
Tennant Stuart
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