Ran out of IDE space and Power

[Dutch_Stallion]

So, I am building up this computer and I can't figure out how to get the internal zip drive working. I have the floppy, Master and Slave hard drives on IDE1, CDROM and CDburner on IDE2. I am using an ABIT BX-133 motherboard. It has 2 U-ATA slots and I was able to get the boot drive to work off it, but then it did not see the CDROM/RW. Is there a protocol to using the U-ATA? What would you suggest?

My other problem is that I have a 200W power supply that is pooping out on me with all the periferals attached. Easy problem right? Well, I bought a new ATX PS but even though my current PS says ATX on the side, it is smaller than the one I bought. I am using a Gateway tower from ~1998. It has rounded sides, so it is skinnier at the top and bottom, kind of like the hull of a sailboat. http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/rolleyes.gif Anywho, does anyone know how to find a supply that would fit?

Thanks

Ed

[tjaymadison]

Put the boot drive on the UATA primary as master, the second HD on the
UATA secondary as master, the CD-RW on IDE 1 as master, and the CD-ROM
on IDE 2 as master. Put the Zip on IDE 1 or 2 as slave.

You may have to load drivers or make BIOS setup changes to enable all four channels.


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[Dutch_Stallion]

tjaymadison;

Does my HDD slave need to be UATA compatible? It is a Western Digital Caviar 30200 2G.

[tjaymadison]

Not if the manual or motherboard specs say that the channels are backward compatible.

I would not have any HD's as slaves with that many channels, if I were you.


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"I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question."
-- Charles Babbage, mathematician, computer pioneer, analytical engine designer (1791-1871)
-- (Question: 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?')

"Just because I don't care, doesn't mean I don't understand."
-- Homer Simpson

[skhips]

Really sorry gents but I've lost the plot somewhere.

I thought you only had 2 IDEs allowing four connections, whats with these extra U-ATA connections or is this another word for SCSI, I know you can get UDMA but this uses up one of your IDE's.

Confused - I thought if you had 2 x HDDs and 2 x CD then that was your lot unless you got SCSI.

Please help unconfuse me someone.

[CWelker73]

i am quite sure that ide is the interface, and ata is the protocol. they work together and are essentially one in the same when refering one another. i also think that you can get an additional ide controller card to put in an expansion slot if you have a need for more than 4 ide devices.


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[mjc]

Some of the newer MOBO's come with an additional IDE controller that is usually ATA-100 compatible and can be used as a RAID controller. Same as adding a card but it is already provided on-board.

Also the slowest drive on the channel (in most cases0 is the limiting factor as to how fast the channel will run at..if you have an ATA-33 and an ATA-100 on the same channel most often it will run at 33.

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