help

**bad boy** · 07-09-2006, 04:04 PM

heyup guys i need help i got a third hd to connect to my comp

.................
but

i dont know how to do so

can some1 tell me how plz

**shaithis** · 07-09-2006, 04:14 PM

You just need to connect a power cable from the PSU to the drive and a data cable between the drive and the motherboard.

Obviously, you need a SATA cable or a ATAPI cable depending on what type of drive it is and connect it to the relevant connector.

**fothsn** · 07-09-2006, 04:16 PM

Here you go m8ty http://www.harddriveupgrade.com/ just follow the step by step guide, pretty easy to follow in my opinon

Regards.

**bad boy** · 07-09-2006, 04:32 PM

i meen a third hd
iv got two already

but the problem is on the cable connected to my hds iv got there is only 2 addaptors

1 for my 40gb and 1 for my 20gb

so now i want to add my third hd but how ??

**bad boy** · 07-09-2006, 04:33 PM

Originally Posted by fothsn

Here you go m8ty http://www.harddriveupgrade.com/ just follow the step by step guide, pretty easy to follow in my opinon

Regards.

ty anyway but that talks about adding a second hd or replacing lol

**kalniel** · 07-09-2006, 04:44 PM

Originally Posted by bad boy

i meen a third hd
iv got two already

but the problem is on the cable connected to my hds iv got there is only 2 addaptors

1 for my 40gb and 1 for my 20gb

so now i want to add my third hd but how ??

Add another cable - there should be one going to your optical drive with a spare adaptor on it. If you've got 2 optical drives then I'm afraid you're stuffed as far as a simple IDE drive is concerned, you will have to use a SATA drive if you've got sockets for them, or use either a sata or IDE expansion card (PCI).

**fothsn** · 07-09-2006, 04:44 PM

@ bad boy if you read the guide, he is putting a second HDD in and transfering his data from his main HDD to his new HDD, so just ignore the norton transfering,

Heres direct links,

Step 1 http://www.harddriveupgrade.com/add_..._drive_2.shtml

Step 2 http://www.harddriveupgrade.com/jumper_pins.shtml

Step 3 http://www.harddriveupgrade.com/add_..._drive_4.shtml

Step 4 http://www.harddriveupgrade.com/add_..._drive_5.shtml

And its installed

Hope this helps.

Regards.

**bad boy** · 07-09-2006, 05:54 PM

Originally Posted by fothsn

@ bad boy if you read the guide, he is putting a second HDD in and transfering his data from his main HDD to his new HDD, so just ignore the norton transfering,

Heres direct links,

Step 1 http://www.harddriveupgrade.com/add_..._drive_2.shtml

Step 2 http://www.harddriveupgrade.com/jumper_pins.shtml

Step 3 http://www.harddriveupgrade.com/add_..._drive_4.shtml

Step 4 http://www.harddriveupgrade.com/add_..._drive_5.shtml

And its installed

Hope this helps.

Regards.

its all gd showing me how to install a second hd but iv already done so ages ago

its a third 1 iam wanting to do

**Agent** · 07-09-2006, 05:58 PM

Originally Posted by bad boy

its all gd showing me how to install a second hd but iv already done so ages ago

its a third 1 iam wanting to do

kalniel has clearly explained it above

**bad boy** · 07-09-2006, 05:58 PM

Originally Posted by kalniel

Add another cable - there should be one going to your optical drive with a spare adaptor on it. If you've got 2 optical drives then I'm afraid you're stuffed as far as a simple IDE drive is concerned, you will have to use a SATA drive if you've got sockets for them, or use either a sata or IDE expansion card (PCI).

ok and wats wat m8

the only slots iv got are as follows

1 the orriganal hd slot

2 the cd and dvd writer slot

3 my floppy slot

which 1 do u meen to conect my third hd to 1 2 or 3 ?

and is it possible to connect a hd up to a cd or dvd writer cable ? as if it is a slave ??

**Vrt** · 07-09-2006, 06:12 PM

Originally Posted by bad boy

and is it possible to connect a hd up to a cd or dvd writer cable ? as if it is a slave ??

Yeah it is

**harry1** · 07-09-2006, 06:12 PM

just get a cable (hard drive cable) thats got more adapters on it and there you go, i got one which u can put 5 drives on or something, its like the length of the wall of china though

**MadduckUK** · 07-09-2006, 06:21 PM

Originally Posted by harry1

i got one which u can put 5 drives on or something, its like the length of the wall of china though

what????

**harry1** · 07-09-2006, 06:24 PM

i have a ide cable, which is v long and has lots of connections on it?

**bad boy** · 07-09-2006, 06:42 PM

ok ty guys iv managed to do it by putting it on my dvd drive cable
ty to all that helped

not heard of a longer ide cable with more connections on but ill check it out at my local comp shop and find out ill let u know

after all it wud be so much easyier to have 1 of them rather than sacrifice ur cd drive

even tho im not botheredbout my cd drive as long as iv got my dvd writerim not bothred lol

**cougarslam** · 07-09-2006, 06:55 PM

isnt there only 2 ide channels per socket so you could not have more than 2 devices connected to 1 ide socket.

how are you using a long cable with more than 2 devices? does it use more than 1 socket or something.

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