Primary or Secondary?

[mr kademshahaf]

Hello.

I'm about to start my first build
got the parts in front of me and I've gone through the process in my head but i have one question:

I have a CDRW drive and one (1) WDC 120gb IDE HD.

How should these be set? should i put the hdd on primary ide channel? or the cdrom drive?

or does it infact matter at all?

[ktkendall]

Standard way is to put harddrive on primary and cdrom on secondary.

[mr kademshahaf]

Excellent

Thanks.

And im also planning on putting in 2 more IDE Hdd (after ive built the thing and its working)

where should i put them ? one as slave on the primary channel and the other as slave on the secondary channel?

[bailey]

that will work just fine
be sure to double check ther jumper settings too

[jack 1]

all the best mate your way ahead of me im just trying to get parts at the moment, im sure you could teach me a thing or 2

[jack 1]

how do you set the jumper settings and what does it involve?

[ktkendall]

Originally Posted by mr kademshahaf Excellent Thanks. And im also planning on putting in 2 more IDE Hdd (after ive built the thing and its working) where should i put them ? one as slave on the primary channel and the other as slave on the secondary channel?

That is all you will have available for IDE devices, so that is pretty much what U will have to do to run 3 harddrives and 1 cdrom.. Unless your system has RAID or SATA..

[bailey]

didn't your hard drive and cdrom drive come with instructions ?

[mr kademshahaf]

MY FIRST COMPUTER IS BUILT AND RUNNING!!!

Thanks so much for all your help. Great forum

Everything went fine. not a single problem.

but one thing ;

there are currently no case fans installed (cpu temp is at a stable 38-53celsius)
sound like i need any additional fans?

btw cPU is P4 3.0 s775

[mrmister1]

That sounds pretty good for no case fans. If you do notice any freezing problems in the future, you could always add a fan.

[Cricket]

Congrats on completing for your first.

I would install at least 1 exhaust fan in the case to remove any built up heat. Get a low RPM model so the noise level stays low.

Cricket

[mr kademshahaf]

yup, ordered me 2*80mm fans, and one 120mm for the rear of the case.

there should be enough connectors on the mobo for this?

[Cricket]

Don't connect the fans to the motherboard, connect them directly to the power supply. Use power adapters if necessary. You can find 3 to 4 pins adapters at your local computer shops.

Cricket