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Thread ID: 24974 2002-09-23 01:30:00 Two CD drives vrx22 (1997) Press F1
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82197 2002-09-23 01:30:00 hi

I would like to know if there is a way to hook up two cd rom drives to my computer. (Its a pentium 166mhz with win 95, 32megs of ram and one cd drive). i am aware that it may need a special card if so where can i get one from and what do they call them.

thanks

James
vrx22 (1997)
82198 2002-09-23 02:06:00 Yes. Just connect it on to the same ribbon cable as the first one - assuming that this is on the secondary IDE - and set it as "slave" Normaly your hard drive will be on IDE1 & CD on IDE2. The cables on both drives allow 2 per cable.
Bye
Peter H (220)
82199 2002-09-23 02:16:00 Setting up two CDROM drives is relatively simple IF your motherboard supports it.
Do you have the documentation that came with the board?
If not you may have to search on the net.
Or you could leave the MB details here on PressF1. I'm sure there are enough knowledgeable persons around what can provide an anwser.
Capt Jimbo (17)
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