Hard drive, CDRW IDE cable help

[thephantom114]

Hey Guys

I've just bought and almost finished building my first system, except for one snag. I only have one IDE cable to connect my CD drive and IDE HD. It can split into two but I was wondering if this is Ok as I always though you could only do that for HD and HD, or do I need to buy another IDE cable. Any help is appreciated.

 

[thephantom114]

Thanks for the help guys, luckily though my friend found a spare IDE cable knocking around his place so his given that to me. Problem solved with no monetary loss or moving of drives so that cable reaches