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This may seem like a stupid question, but if you have a CD/DVD rom on the secondary IDE header, can a secondary hard drive be on that header as a cable select if the main hard drive is sata?

10-13-2006, 08:42 PM	#1
silentbobdrummer Member (7 bit) Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Florida Posts: 111	IDE Hard Drive cable question This may seem like a stupid question, but if you have a CD/DVD rom on the secondary IDE header, can a secondary hard drive be on that header as a cable select if the main hard drive is sata? __________________ Primary SystemSpecs: AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition \| ASUS M4A785TD-V EVO \| 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 1333 \| 320GB Seagate HDD \| 1 TB Seagate HDD \| HIS Radeon HD 5670 1GB GDDR5 \| Corsair 650W PSU \| Windows 7 Ultimate Secondary SystemSpecs: \|AMD Athlon 64 3000\|Asus K8V SE deluxe\|3GB DDR 400 ram\|WD 74GB 10k Raptor HDD\|XFX 512MB AGP Video Card\|Lite-On DVD+-R/RW 8x Burner\|Raidmax Case w/420W PSU\|Vista Buisness Laptop: Toshiba Satellite A505-S6980 \| Intel Core 2 Duo T6600 \| 4GB (2X2GB) DDR2 Ram \| 500GB HDD \| Win 7 Home Premium