IDE cable problems

[ciyan]

IDE Cable Queries

Hello,

I am trying to add a second hard drive to my comp, but it only technically supports one HDD, as in theres only 1 HDD bay in the case.

I also need a IDE cable which has both a master and slave connector, 2 cables won't work, however because my case only has one HDD bay I'm having to use a DVD bay to keep the hard drive in. The dvd bay is really quite far away, and on top of the first hard drive meaning that on a standard cable, the slave connector won't reach the dvd bay, and therefore the HDD. However, these don't appear to be normal IDE ribbons, and am I right in saying that the slave connector is on a seperate lead to the master connector? Do these have a master and slave connector? Are these even a replacement for normal IDE ribbons?

If the slave is indeed on a seperate lead, then the slave connector should reach.

Oh, and will these work for ULTRA-ATA 100?

Thanks for any input, and sorry for all the questions!

 

[ciyan]

Oh, okay then. But they do have 2 seperate connectors for connecting 2 HDD's up right?

And no, my motherboard only has one interface, which is why I need a cable with 2 connectors.

Thanks.

 

[ciyan]

I only want to connect 2 hard drives, I don't want to connect any dvd reader or anything else to that connector.