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Originally Posted by Trotter  PATA and IDE are the same thing. Putting a HD and an optical on the same ribbon is not a great thing to do, but make sure the HD is master. |
I see. How can I avoid this situation with my current setup? Since they both require the IDE cable and I only have one IDE cable (and connector) on my motherboard, I can't figure out a way to avoid this...
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Originally Posted by Trotter SATA cables are very cheap, so no worries. SATA only connect to a single device. |
I'll probably buy a few off of somewhere, then, should I decide to add a SATA drive.