Hi Phil,

Usually things work better if the hard drive is the master and CD/DVD 
drives are the slave.

Russ Poffenberger
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Phillip Williams wrote:
> Hey Russ,
>
>  Captain 'DUH' here!  Right you are. My pc does have the ide ribbons
> to the dvd drives. I had a problem with an ide drive when it was first
> built and had to switch to sata. I guess that was stuck in my feeble
> brain.
>
>  Both ribbons have the center connection open so which would you
> suggest setting as master?
>
> As a side note, I also realized the external component that came with
> the audigy sound card has ample inputs to use for the mixing board
> connection. I had only used it before for my 7.1 speaker setup. So if
> I can figure how to capture sound from the audigy with my Audition
> software, I'll be cookin'! In the past, I captured with audacity then
> transferred to Audition but... I'm getting into PCSoft territory so
> I'll work on that part on my own for now.
>
> Thanks,
> -Phil-
>
> On 9/3/09, Russ Poffenberger <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>   
>> Hi Phil,
>>
>> Are you sure the motherboard has NO IDE ports at all? I find this hard
>> to believe. Which specific model of motherboard is it? Is there a CD or
>> DVD connected? If so, it is probably connected via IDE (many are still IDE).
>>
>> If there is IDE for the CD or DVD drive, then you can chain the hard
>> drive off the same cable in a master/slave arrangement.
>>
>>     

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