how can i installing the third dvd drive?

[aznandy]

is there a cable that i need to buy?

[TAKTAK]

SATA or IDE?

[Jay]

either way.. yes

[TAKTAK]

yeh i was going to point him in the direction of a cable

[aznandy]

SATA or IDE?

it's sata. the motherboard only have one output for the sata right? i cant find any wire to plug in any place on the motherboard.

[Jay]

what motherboard do you have?

Its very odd to only have 1 its normally 2 at the very minimum.

[aznandy]

what motherboard do you have?

Its very odd to only have 1 its normally 2 at the very minimum.

i have an asus p5b premium vista edition. i already i two dvd drive. wanted to put the third one!

[Jay]

the asus p5b has 6 SATA ports

I can see 4 of them here..



There is only 1 IDE port though.

[aznandy]

what motherboard do you have?

Its very odd to only have 1 its normally 2 at the very minimum.

i have an asus p5b premium vista edition. i already i two dvd drive. wanted to put the third one!

[MadduckUK]

mm.. why cant you plug it in just next to the ones that are already plugged in?

think jay has nail>head here tbh

[aznandy]

the asus p5b has 6 SATA ports

I can see 4 of them here..



There is only 1 IDE port though.

ohhhhh i'm sorry. i think i mistaken. i wanted to install third dvd drive, so it should be the ide cable right? i dont know!! hold on, am i given you guy the wrong information??

[SiM]

lol. if you have a spare sata socket, then you can connect another sata dvd drive to it with a sata cable. if you have a spare ide socket, then you can connect another ide dvd drive to it with a ide cable

[MadduckUK]

that pic is not what i see. i see



with 6...

if the drives you already have are sata then just plug in alongside. and if there ide just get a sata and plug that in

[Jay]

I think you have 2 IDE DVDs and there is only 1 IDE port.

[Splash]

And more to the point.... who uses 3 optical drives?

[Agent]

And to add a point to that point - its silly anyway if you're going to be using them both at the same time. IDE is limited to talking to one device at a time.