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Posted by Dave Zass on June 1, 2005, 5:24 pm
Please log in for more thread options additional drive and want to know if I must buy an external enclosure or not. I have a Gigabyte GA-7VAXP with 2 DVD burners and 2 hard drives. Can I add another drive? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by DaveW on June 1, 2005, 5:02 pm
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Posted by Ted on June 1, 2005, 10:08 pm
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> Am I limited to 4 drives if I only have 2 IDE channels? I want to add an
> additional drive and want to know if I must buy an external enclosure or > not. > > I have a Gigabyte GA-7VAXP with 2 DVD burners and 2 hard drives. Can I > add another drive? > you could fit a PCI IDE card, I think these can add 2 or 4 additional hard drives. typically, http://www.cablestogo.com/product_list.asp?cat%5Fid=1901&engine=adwords!654&keyword=%28pci+ide+card%29 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by John@Smith.com on June 1, 2005, 10:10 pm
Please log in for more thread options On Wed, 1 Jun 2005 16:24:45 -0400, "Dave Zass"
>Am I limited to 4 drives if I only have 2 IDE channels? I want to add an
>additional drive and want to know if I must buy an external enclosure or >not. > >I have a Gigabyte GA-7VAXP with 2 DVD burners and 2 hard drives. Can I add >another drive? Sure. You can also buy a PCI card controller and add a harddisk though I had stuttering sound when I did that with a Promise card , a lot of people do that though. Im running 4 Hard disks and 2 burners --- many of the new boards have extra sata connections to get you over the 4 drives max limit. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by kony on June 1, 2005, 10:30 pm
Please log in for more thread options On Wed, 1 Jun 2005 16:24:45 -0400, "Dave Zass"
>Am I limited to 4 drives if I only have 2 IDE channels?
yes >I want to add an
>additional drive and want to know if I must buy an external enclosure or >not. > No, you could buy an internal IDE, SCSI, or SATA card. You could still buy an external (USB or firewire) enclosure instead, which makes it transportable and removable, but they're far slower than modern internal controllers. >I have a Gigabyte GA-7VAXP with 2 DVD burners and 2 hard drives. Can I add
>another drive? If you have a spare PCI slot, I'd get a PCI card (since you mention no specific need for external(ness)), either SATA or IDE depending on which type of drives you want. Your next system will probably have SATA built-in but PATA (IDE) too, so it's your call... PATA drives are still a little cheaper but the cards themselves are nearly same prices on average. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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> additional drive and want to know if I must buy an external enclosure or
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> I have a Gigabyte GA-7VAXP with 2 DVD burners and 2 hard drives. Can I
> add another drive?
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