hard drive question

I'm running Win2K professional. I have two hard drives installed (master &
slave), a CD-ROM drive and CD Burner drive. Totalling 4 ATA drives. I'm
not certain, but can I add an additional hard drive using a PCI Ultra ATA
controller card? I have a 160GB Western Digital 7200RPM drive with the
Ultra ATA Controller card. I thought the motherboard can only support a
total of 4 ATA devices, but wasn't sure if you add another controller card?
Would I be able to do this or do I have to remove one of the current ATA
devices, like the CD-ROM drive? Any help is appreciated. Thanks.
-D-

-D-

Thanks for the help and the heads up! I'll give it a try and see how
everything works. I just wasn't sure if the board would support beyond the
4 drives, but glad to know it can. That will be a big help.
-D-


"JBS" <> wrote in message
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> Yes. With this card, power supply and cooling permitting, you should be
> able to run a total of 8 drives. I have this drive/controller combination
> in my computer and it works well. You may want to check the Promise web
> site for a bios update for the controller card. I had no end of trouble
> with mine when I first installed it and the recommended updates on the WD
> web site didn't work. Your card may be newer--just something to watch out
> for.
>
>

-D-

In article <SeednYgbb8X9tUuiRVn->, "-D-"
<> wrote:

> I'm running Win2K professional. I have two hard drives installed (master &
> slave), a CD-ROM drive and CD Burner drive. Totalling 4 ATA drives. I'm
> not certain, but can I add an additional hard drive using a PCI Ultra ATA
> controller card? I have a 160GB Western Digital 7200RPM drive with the
> Ultra ATA Controller card. I thought the motherboard can only support a
> total of 4 ATA devices, but wasn't sure if you add another controller card?
> Would I be able to do this or do I have to remove one of the current ATA
> devices, like the CD-ROM drive? Any help is appreciated. Thanks.
> -D-

Yes, you can add another controller card and add more drives. You can
even add multiple controller cards and add 4 drives per card.

Ghost

"-D-" <> wrote in message
news:SeednYgbb8X9tUuiRVn-...
> I'm running Win2K professional. I have two hard drives installed
(master &
> slave), a CD-ROM drive and CD Burner drive. Totalling 4 ATA drives.
I'm
> not certain, but can I add an additional hard drive using a PCI
Ultra ATA
> controller card? I have a 160GB Western Digital 7200RPM drive with
the
> Ultra ATA Controller card. I thought the motherboard can only
support a
> total of 4 ATA devices, but wasn't sure if you add another
controller card?
> Would I be able to do this or do I have to remove one of the current
ATA
> devices, like the CD-ROM drive? Any help is appreciated. Thanks.
> -D-
>
make sure your motherboard supports the addition of the controller
_without_ disabling the existing onboard ide controller. some older
mbs will not recognize the card while the onboard controller is
funtioning.

Mike

MF