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Originally Posted by Ronje
Ok I'm not done 
Opening the box I found the following:
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you could disconnect your DVD-ROM drive & place the HDD on the IDE cable where the DVD was, but before you connect the HDD, check the DVD back to see if the jumper is setting the drive as master or slave
BTW: the controller is built onto the motherboard IDE cables are the items you refer to
if the disconnected DVD drive is set to master or slave, set the HDD to be the same as the DVD
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Originally Posted by Ronje
my floppy drive (3 yo computer), connected to another controller with only one connector.
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another alternative is to add another HDD controller into a PCI slot, like
this and that card also support RAID 0/1
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Originally Posted by Ronje
There was no place for another IDE cable.
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so, your 2 options are
- buy a PCI controller
- permanently or temporarily disconnect 1 DVD (preferably not the burner)
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Originally Posted by Ronje
Should I replace the controller of the floppy device to another with 2 connectors to which I'll be able to connect the HDD? though I'm not sure its even an IDE thingy.
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you are correct, it isn't IDE. there are (i think) 4 speeds of IDE 33, 66, 100 & 133, 33 can transfer upto 33Mb per sec, & has 40 little wires / connectors, however, 66 can transfer upto 66Mb per sec & has 66, 100 & 133 all have 80 connectors
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Originally Posted by Ronje
Thanks for the help.
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np, it's something to do