[THFS]

I'm buying a new PC tomorrow, but I want to keep my 250GB IDE drive in addition to a 250GB SATA drive. The motherboard I'm purchasing has one IDE connector, but I have two IDE devices that I want to connect. There's the 250GB hard drive, and my DVD burner. Will that be possible using just the one connector? I'm not sure what they mean by that, since I know IDE cables sort of have two cables in one.

 

[bonk]

If the cable only has one connector then you can buy one with 2 connectors on it.

If they mean that you only have one IDE connector on the board then might be a little trickier.

 

[JohnWill]

If you have one IDE channel on the board, you can connect two IDE devices to that channel. Standard IDE cables have connectors for two devices, if you have one with a single connector, they're pretty inexpensive. I'll bet almost anyone here will send you one for the cost of postage.

 

[THFS]

Thanks guys.