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The IDE 40-pin controller on the motherboard will support two IDE hard drives.
Bev.
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the link appears to show the physical positioning of the existing drives but doesn't mention anything about the cabling/ide controller.
I do not require the floppy disk drive so have space to physically mount a second hdd. what I don't know is whether the ide interface on the motherboard will support a second ide drive working on cable select as a slave.
shesagordie
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October 20th, 2008 18:00
No, the Optiplex Small-Form Factor system does not support a second internal hard drive.
See here
Bev.
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shesagordie
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October 20th, 2008 18:00
The IDE 40-pin controller on the motherboard will support two IDE hard drives.
Bev.
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White2505
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October 20th, 2008 18:00
thanks for the response Bev.
the link appears to show the physical positioning of the existing drives but doesn't mention anything about the cabling/ide controller.
I do not require the floppy disk drive so have space to physically mount a second hdd. what I don't know is whether the ide interface on the motherboard will support a second ide drive working on cable select as a slave.