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geekalert
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_ 		28. May 2005 @ 08:22 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I have a dell dimension 4700. I am currently using it as a server and I already am using the 2 SATA ports, but only have 1 IDE port. I recently got a 120 gb IDE hard drive but my 2 cd rom drives are using the only IDE cable. The motherboard only has 1 IDE port, but i was told it can support up to 4 IDE devices. Is there such thing as a IDE ribbon with 4 connectors on it. Or if i can do anything else. I have to keep the cd rom drives though.
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ddp
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_ 		28. May 2005 @ 09:14 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
1:delete your email address as against forum rules.
2:look at your motherboard to see if have 2 40pin connectors on it as they will give you 4ide drive connections.
3:if have only 1 40pin connector on motherboard then get a pci ide card so can connect more drives
4:they don't make 3 or more connections on ide as compared to scsi as ide uses master & slave whereas scsi uses id#s
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flip218
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_ 		29. May 2005 @ 00:03 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/dim4700/sm/parts.ht...

Looking at the pic. Looks like you only have on IDE channel. Next to it looks like where the floppy goes.
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