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Bazooka_Joe · 04-20-2003, 01:18 PM

Not even kidding, those are good pics Germ! lol I knew exactly what you meant when I saw them.

Just to clear up, it IS possible to run both a CD-ROM and a HD off of one cable from one IDE Controller off the mobo, alot of older Compaq systems were configured this way. But, newer mobos, maybe since about 1996 - 1997, all have 2 IDE Controllers: 1 for your HD's, the 2nd for your CD-ROM's. So, you could have two IDE HD's (1 Master, 1 Slave), and your DVD-ROM & CD/RW drive all at once.

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Bazooka_Joe is Offline Senior Member Posts: 12,585 Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Staten Island, NY, USA	04-20-2003, 01:18 PM Not even kidding, those are good pics Germ! lol I knew exactly what you meant when I saw them. Just to clear up, it IS possible to run both a CD-ROM and a HD off of one cable from one IDE Controller off the mobo, alot of older Compaq systems were configured this way. But, newer mobos, maybe since about 1996 - 1997, all have 2 IDE Controllers: 1 for your HD's, the 2nd for your CD-ROM's. So, you could have two IDE HD's (1 Master, 1 Slave), and your DVD-ROM & CD/RW drive all at once.