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**wrench97** · 06-21-2009, 06:57 AM

Your present board most likely has 2 IDE controllers for 4 drives, the new board will only have 1 controller for 2 drives they go on the same cable one should be set to master the second to slave, doesn't matter if they are both hard drives or 1 is a dvd and 1 a hard drive, the drive on the end of the cable is the master the drive on the center plug is the slave.
The drive you set to boot first in the Bios will be the Windows drive, when installing windows only hook up the drive you want windows on and the CD/DVD drive to avoid confusion.

06-21-2009, 06:57 AM	#43 (permalink)
wrench97 Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2008 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania Posts: 18,717 OS: Win7	Re: hardware components for a gaming pc Your present board most likely has 2 IDE controllers for 4 drives, the new board will only have 1 controller for 2 drives they go on the same cable one should be set to master the second to slave, doesn't matter if they are both hard drives or 1 is a dvd and 1 a hard drive, the drive on the end of the cable is the master the drive on the center plug is the slave. The drive you set to boot first in the Bios will be the Windows drive, when installing windows only hook up the drive you want windows on and the CD/DVD drive to avoid confusion. __________________ Power Supply and Selection