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Sir Kenyth · 12-30-2002, 10:32 AM

You can get another IDE interface card. I know they used to sell them. This starts to hog resources though. If you have to have this many devices, go SCSI. I'm assuming that the reason you have three HDD's is to be frugal with money and re-use old parts. In this case, you are kind of stuck. You have reached your system capacity on devices. Most modern PC's are frightfully short on resources with all the devices that come standard now. It may be cheaper to buy a larger HDD to replace two of the smaller ones than to buy the card and deal with the possible problems. Although pricey, external (LPT, USB, Firewire) drives or drive bays might be a good solution also.

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Sir Kenyth Fzoul Chembryl Join Date: August 30, 2001 Location: somewhere Age: 55 Posts: 1,785	You can get another IDE interface card. I know they used to sell them. This starts to hog resources though. If you have to have this many devices, go SCSI. I'm assuming that the reason you have three HDD's is to be frugal with money and re-use old parts. In this case, you are kind of stuck. You have reached your system capacity on devices. Most modern PC's are frightfully short on resources with all the devices that come standard now. It may be cheaper to buy a larger HDD to replace two of the smaller ones than to buy the card and deal with the possible problems. Although pricey, external (LPT, USB, Firewire) drives or drive bays might be a good solution also. [ 12-30-2002, 10:34 AM: Message edited by: Sir Kenyth ] __________________ Master Barbsman and wielder of the razor wit!<br /><br />There are dark angels among us. They present themselves in shining raiment but there is, in their hearts, the blackness of the abyss.