Hi'er,

Not really true that a PC is limited to 4 IDE devices.  Each interrupt can
support 4 IDE devices using a 1st Master, 1st Slave, 2nd Master 2nd Slave combo.
If you have a Creative soundcard that has a IDE controller on it, you can put at
least another 2 more IDE devices, giving you a total of 6.  Or better, if your
m'board has two controllers like my Abit BP6, then you can have 8 IDE devices.

Avnish Kashyap wrote:

> Dave Fitzpatrick wrote:
>
> > This is probably a stupid question but here goes anyway. I have two hard
> > drives in my machine plus a cd-rom drive and a cdrw drive. I have space to
> > add an internal zip or jaz drive. Can I have any more IDE devices or do I
> > have to get a SCSI drive and, presumably, install a SCSI card, something I
> > am not particularly confident about.
> >
> > Dave Fitzpatrick
>
> You can use maximum of 4 IDE devices. Any device over will have to use SCSI or
> USB.

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