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multiple hdd's

by billsimp Mar 14, 2005 10:00AM PST

after a couple of upgrades i have several large hard drives left over, how many can i put in a single machine?

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Probably limited only by the case size, the cooling ability
by Ray Harinec Mar 14, 2005 10:17AM PST

and the power supply. The ribbon cables will clog the airflow so use round cables.

You can buy PCI cards with two IDE ports [support 4 drives]

If your mobo has separate RAID controller that you are not using, and IF it allows ATA drive as well as RAID on those ports that's more.

Many newer power mobos provide for 12 drives when including RAID[that allows ATA or ATAPI] and SATA

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thanks
by billsimp Mar 15, 2005 8:59AM PST

i have to see what the specs are on mboard.

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What I did was
by glb613 Mar 14, 2005 6:35PM PST

buy an external case, connect the hard drive and made an external drive. It uses the USB 2.0 port and is fast.

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