Hi Phil, Usually things work better if the hard drive is the master and CD/DVD drives are the slave. Russ Poffenberger [log in to unmask] 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. >> >> Visit our website regularly for FAQs, articles, how-to's, tech tips and much more http://freepctech.com