IDE secondary master/slave

[Guest]

I am installing a generic(more or less) CD-RW drive and have run into the following problem. I already have my primary and secondary master/slave positions filled in my bios. I believe my only option is to remove one of the devices. I am going to remove the IDE zip 250 since the primary CD-drive is essential to the function of the CD-RW drive. I would like to keep the zip drive because I occasionally put files on it that I am going to delete soon for the same of cutting back on fragmentation. Is it possible to run the zip drive through an old floppy connection?

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[Guest]

No Way.

 

[Guest]

I have
CPU: 1.4 gigahertz P4
Video Card: Nvidia Geforce 2
Primary master: Maxtor 40GB SCSI hard drive
Primary slave: Western Digital 40GB SCSI hard drive
Secondary master: 48x Liteon CDROM drive
Secondary slave: 250MB SCSI Internal Zip Drive
Floppy Drive: generic 3.5 inch floppy
If there is anything else I should include in my system spec please tell me.



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[upec]

How can you put an SCSI hard drive on a IDE connector?

 

[Guest]

ignore me saying everything was IDE, its SCSI

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[sandshoe]

If it's a SCSI system, then i don't know where your getting the primary master / slave from & the drives shouldn't be showing up in the bios. I think you have IDE there. IF you do have SCSI, then generally a normal SCSI card can handle up to 7 devices. If your cable doesnt have that many connectors, get a longer SCSI cable.

 

[killall]

cd drive = 1 ide
hdd = 2 ide
zip = 3 ide
scsi drive... does it take an ide? i personally dont think the cd drive is neccessary... it will slow down burning as you cant do on the fly without a second drive but you will be able to burn an image an then that to a cd...

if in doubt blame microsoft...

 

[FatBurger]

Your drives are all IDE, I'm pretty sure.



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