[iyonix-support] Re: 4 IDE drives: Success
- From: David R Lane <D_Lane@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: iyonix-support@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 22:37:46 +0100
In message <2454199.1858118-tennant@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
tennant@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Tennant Stuart) wrote:
> 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
Before I added the DVDRW drive, I had the second of the two
arrangements above, which worked satisfactorily. As far as I can
see both the above arrangements should work.
Dave Lane
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