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Old 01-08-2009, 10:56 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Only one IDE port

As far as I can tell my mother board only has one IDE port. The problem is that I want to add a second optical drive (DVD) and I dont have anywhere to plug it in. Is there another way to add a second optical drive or am I stuck. Its a PowerSpec Pentium D running windows XP.
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Old 01-08-2009, 02:37 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Re: Only one IDE port

You would have to buy a PCI to IDE or PCI-E to IDE card.

Something like this:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16816132004
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Re: Only one IDE port

. . or a SATA Optical drive.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...6820&name=SATA
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