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syncdram · 08-21-2003, 12:01 PM

Ok guys i thought i would tell everyone that i figured out how to get these two drive to work seperatly from each other, no jumpers, no hard drive switcher, very basic and simple. what i did was put 2 switches on the power supply plug that powers each hard drive. 12 volt side and 5 volt side on both primary and slave, shut the power off to one drive and turn the power on to the other drive and the computer thinks i have 1 primary drive. 4 switches total. It works fantastic! see guys i was very determined. and it only cost me $ 4.00 for the switches. Ken

I also tested this on different drive manufactuers (mixed drives) not just WD and WD. Works fantastic.

08-21-2003, 12:01 PM	#14
syncdram Member (4 bit) Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: NJ Posts: 8	Ok guys i thought i would tell everyone that i figured out how to get these two drive to work seperatly from each other, no jumpers, no hard drive switcher, very basic and simple. what i did was put 2 switches on the power supply plug that powers each hard drive. 12 volt side and 5 volt side on both primary and slave, shut the power off to one drive and turn the power on to the other drive and the computer thinks i have 1 primary drive. 4 switches total. It works fantastic! see guys i was very determined. and it only cost me $ 4.00 for the switches. Ken I also tested this on different drive manufactuers (mixed drives) not just WD and WD. Works fantastic.