Re: More than 4 IDE devices?

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From: Al Dykes (adykes_at_panix.com)
Date: 02/24/04 

Date: 23 Feb 2004 19:36:00 -0500

In article <OiMHkwl#DHA.3452@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl>,
Jerry <NoSpamChiefZeke@MSN.com> wrote:
>Buy a PCI controller card and use it for the other devices. You are limited
>to a maximum of eight IDE devices; usually four on the motherboard and, with
>a suitable controller card, four more.
>
>
>"ADAM" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>news:1540f01c3fa56$8ad0d860$a401280a@phx.gbl...
>> Is there any way to hook up more than 4 IDE devices to a
>> single computer? I want to hook up two cd roms and three
>> hard drives. Is this possible with like a splitter or
>> something?
>
>

Get a mobo with SATA controllers; You'll be able to hook up two more
disks. I think that makes 10 hard disks plus as many CDROM/DVD
devices as you need in USB2/FW. Stop me before I add more......

Where does the "8 IDE devicies" limit come from ? 

-- 
Al Dykes
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adykes@panix.com

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