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Offline lurkistTopic starter

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IDE interface question
« on: March 08, 2003, 06:45:16 PM »
4-way interface? surely these should be known as 3-way interfaces as the fourth socket connects to the computer.  The question here is how do I add a fourth component?  Is there a splitter cable or something?
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Re: IDE interface question
« Reply #1 on: March 08, 2003, 06:54:24 PM »
nope its a 4 way interface as it has four connectors.

1 from the mobo to the interface, two 40pin IDE connectors each capable of handling 2 devices, and a 44pin IDE connector that you can use in place of one of the 40Pin ones for 44 pin devices.
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Re: IDE interface question
« Reply #2 on: March 08, 2003, 08:40:18 PM »
See, there you go. "...each capable of handling 2 devices..." therefore a splitter is required, as no IDE device I've seen has a passthrough/daisy chain - eg some printers, SCSI devices etc.
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Re: IDE interface question
« Reply #3 on: March 08, 2003, 08:41:00 PM »
Each IDE socket is capable of handling two devices. Almost every IDE cable I've seen has two device ports.
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Re: IDE interface question
« Reply #4 on: March 08, 2003, 11:58:47 PM »
yup, no splitter is required, get a 3 way IDE cable and you can have a slave and master on each port.
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