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| Thread ID: 18717 | 2002-04-30 23:40:00 | I HAVE A HARD DRIVE.......... | Guest (0) | Press F1 |
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| 46567 | 2002-04-30 23:40:00 | I have a hard drive which i want to fix it in my cpu i have 10 gb hard drive alredy in my cpu i want to put both of them at a time i have every cable spare for another hard drive except the power cable , how do i provide another power cable . what do i need to do to get a power cable , how much will be the cost for a power cable & where would i get it cheaper i live in auckland in mt albert. i have a asus motherboard and running 900mhz p3 proccessor what else do i need to setup a new harddrive | Guest (0) | ||
| 46568 | 2002-05-01 01:41:00 | Firstly when you say CPU i assume you mean your main computer box thingy. A CPU is a largish chip on the main board withing that box. Secondly i have to wonder why you have no spare power cables. What else do you have in there? CD? CDR? ZIP? DVD? etc. On a standard set up there can be 4 drives, floppy drive(s) count seperatly. If you are short of power cables how come you still have IDE (that on the grey ribbon cable) spare? Usually the power supplys have ample leads hanging from them for all the drives. Assuming that the spanners i am throwing in your works don't stop you, there are adapter thingys you can buy from just about any computer shop to split one of the power plugs in 2. Good luck. |
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| 46569 | 2002-05-01 09:18:00 | I think you mean the drive came with a IDE cable, and not a power cable. This is because the power cable is permanently attatched to the power supply. Whenyou open your case, you will find that there are several spare power cables floating about. G P |
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| 46570 | 2002-05-02 04:07:00 | Have a good look at the disk. There is probably a label which will tell you how to set the jumpers so that it is the 'slave' drive. If not you might need to have a look at the manufacturer's web site for the information. When you open the box, have a look at the one that's in. It might have been set as 'master with no slave'. It would be a good ide to change it to be 'master' if that is the case. |
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| 46571 | 2002-05-04 10:18:00 | To solve the problem, Dick Smith sells spare power cables, that you can connect one ends, the other ends will have two for spares in your computer. It only cost just $7.00 | Guest (0) | ||
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