Just wondering if the BIOS has a function to enable or disable the secondary
port..
Maybe there'sn't available a secondary port on your mobo.

I've seen mobo that has silvery points for cache add-on and it is stated on
the manual that this mobo doesn't support cache add-on. Possibly, the mobo
had removed the cache add-on 'coz of technical reason or to cut cost. The
silvery points are just leftovers and serve no functions there.

Anyway... soldering ~40pins is a NO. Eventhough u have finally soldered the
wires *carefully* and the mobo does support secondary port (which is
unlikely).. a loose connection will corrupt your data in your hd, or the hd
won't get detected at all.

Best Regards,
Hial Noobt
Tech Department

-----Original Message-----
From: Dante D. Loayza Ríos <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wednesday, May 13, 1998 11:42
Subject: [PCBUILD] Solder the IDE connector myself


>disk space, but I have a problem. In my MoBo I have only one IDE
>connector, the another connector is empty (it has not the pins) and
>only the silvery points are there. I need that IDE connector, cause
>I'll have two HD and one CD-ROM (The CD-ROM can't be connected to
>the Sound Blaster card cause it's a SONY CD-ROM, I tried but it
>didn't work).
>
>        I thought to get de IDE connector and solder it to the MoBo.
>I have no experience with these things, I'm only an "amateur".
>
> Well,my question is: What is the risk of make this?. I can damage
>my MoBo?
>