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Hardware => Hardware => Topic started by: THElitlehardwarepro on June 09, 2009, 10:48:04 AM

Title: expansion card for new cd drives
Post by: THElitlehardwarepro on June 09, 2009, 10:48:04 AM
I am trying to buy a card to add 2 more CD drives on top of my other 2 but i cant find what its called. I'm running XP on 1 hard drive and programs on the other 2 ( there all rather small) I only have 2 pci slots unfilled.
Title: Re: expansion card for new cd drives
Post by: Karnac on June 09, 2009, 11:01:23 AM
You need one of these if you have IDE cables

http://www.buy.com/prod/startech-com-2-port-pci-ide-controller-adapter-card-2-x-40-pin-idc/q/loc/101/204395407.html
Title: Re: expansion card for new cd drives
Post by: Broni on June 09, 2009, 11:50:20 AM
Just wondering, why would anyone wanted to have four CD drives...??
Title: Re: expansion card for new cd drives
Post by: thebled on June 09, 2009, 12:15:00 PM
Quote from: Broni on June 09, 2009, 11:50:20 AM
Just wondering, why would anyone wanted to have four CD drives...??

If you have a game the requires a disk/disc you can put on in each drive and you don't gotta worry about switching the discs out so often.
Title: Re: expansion card for new cd drives
Post by: Karnac on June 09, 2009, 12:21:24 PM
The height of efficiency or the height of laziness....... ;D
Title: Re: expansion card for new cd drives
Post by: THElitlehardwarepro on June 09, 2009, 09:08:52 PM
Actually, I teach people about hardware and it would be vary cool also to say I have 4 CD drives too ;)
Title: Re: expansion card for new cd drives
Post by: Karnac on June 09, 2009, 09:22:33 PM
No sleight intended..... ;D
Title: Re: expansion card for new cd drives
Post by: BC_Programmer on June 09, 2009, 09:58:09 PM
I can see it now:

"I have 4 cd-Rom drives. Although, since I have no SATA ports, I have no hard drive, I was able to create a set of CD's that work together to boot together a semi usable OS!"

"What about saving data?"

"Well DUH! That's what floppy drives are for. SHEESH!"

 ;D