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"Liew, Yew Fueng" <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 16 Oct 1998 16:47:35 -0700
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Mike,
Usually what I'll do is purchase another 40-way ribbon. Attach the CD-ROM to
the new ribbon, connect to IDE2 or Secondary IDE. The new HDD goes to the
connector where the CR-ROM used to be.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Morgan [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Saturday, October 17, 1998 1:14 AM
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      [PCBUILD] A general HDD question
>
> I'm proud to announce that I've just completed my first real project: a
> friend gave me a mobo and processor, so I went
> from: IBM PS/1 386SX/25, 10MB RAM, 129MB HDD, 3 1/2" floppy, Win3.1
> to: New case/power supply, 486DX/40, 20 MB RAM, same HDD, same 3 1/2",
> CD-ROM, tape backup, and Win95
>  -- and the contraption actually works!!.  My question is about cabling
> and
> identifying and extra HDD.  [BTW: Next project will be a "real" upgrade :)
> ]
>
> Since I used the hdd out of the 386SX/25 I upgraded from, it is still only
> 129MB... a rather weak link in the new set-up.  The same friend has a
> 500+MB
> hdd he'll give me.  The 40-pin ribbon cable has two connectors on it, and
> those are being used by my current hdd and the CD.  I'd like to ADD this
> second hdd to the mix (as opposed to simply replacing the current one).
> Can
> I simply purchase a new ribbon cable with 3 connectors?
>
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