Installing second DVD-ROM drive

amplid

amplid

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I took my old Dvd-rom reader out of my mom's pc to put it in mine. Now I have a question before connecting it. There are two IDE entries on my motherboard, but right now I only have one cable (the broad, grey one, very thin). On this cable I have two connectors, this cable is inserted in the BLUE entry on my motherboard and one of the connectors connects my MASTER drive to my motherboard. Now I know I have to configure the second one as slave, but my question is whether I can connect the second drive to the same cable (to the second connector) or whether I have to get a new of those broad,thin cables and connect it to the second GREY entry on my motherboard??

Greetings,

Amplid
 

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If your HD is SATA, you can use the second connector on the wide grey cable your first DVD/CD drive is connected with... just make it slave to the first one... you will need a power connector from the power supply... But I'm guessing you have spares..~ :)
 

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amplid said:
I took my old Dvd-rom reader out of my mom's pc to put it in mine. Now I have a question before connecting it. There are two IDE entries on my motherboard, but right now I only have one cable (the broad, grey one, very thin). On this cable I have two connectors, this cable is inserted in the BLUE entry on my motherboard and one of the connectors connects my MASTER drive to my motherboard. Now I know I have to configure the second one as slave, but my question is whether I can connect the second drive to the same cable (to the second connector) or whether I have to get a new of those broad,thin cables and connect it to the second GREY entry on my motherboard??

Greetings,

Amplid
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Use the same cable and set them both on cable select (CS). Master and slave will not be necessary on a cable with blue, black and grey connectors.
 

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Ok thanks guys, I already did it.

Thanks for quick responses though;)

Greetings,

Amplid
 

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  • CPU
    Intel Q9550 @ 3.2 GHz (for now)
    Motherboard
    Asus ROG Striker 2 Extreme
    Memory
    2 x 2Gb Patriot DDR3
    Graphics card(s)
    XFX GeForce 9800 GTX+
    Sound Card
    Creative Supreme FX 2
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Neovo F417 17''
    Screen Resolution
    1280x1024
    Hard Drives
    Samsung SP2504C SATA 7200rpm
    PSU
    Pc Power & Cooling 750
    Case
    Coolermaster CM 690
    Cooling
    6 120mm's, Xigmatek HDT 1283 with crossbow backplate
    Mouse
    Logitech Cordless Trackman Wheel
    Keyboard
    Logitech G11
    Internet Speed
    ~1000 Kb/sec
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