dvd writer and cd writer

**themoose** · 1st March 2003

hi all

i have currently a cd writer and dvd rom drive on my system

i am thinking about getting a dvd writer and was wondering if it was possible to keep all 3 units on my comp. i have space but no spare power sockets

how could i do this ?

you might ask why i want to do this, its so i can use my cd writer for burning mp3s etc thus lightning the load on the dvd writer

cheers

themoose

**Violator** · 1st March 2003

No spare power sockets?? as in no spare connectors from the PSU??. Get a Y-splitter if that's the case (couple of �) and use that. Unless you've a really poor PSU it won't cause any problems.

**themoose** · 1st March 2003

yeah thats what i meant!!!

do u connect the splitter to any of the connectors or is there a certain one?

**PimpMasterT** · 2nd March 2003

any connector will do but i gotta ask do u have only one hard drive and 3 optical drives?

or do you have more than 4 IDE devices (IDE the connector on the mother board) cause if so u will need an expansion ide pci card which is aprox $60-80 CAN or 30-40 quid there

**Sanj[UK]** · 2nd March 2003

hii have the same problem , i have 2 harddrives , 1 cd-rw,1 dvd drive and i have no spare power leads for extra stuff ..so all i need is a y splitter and a pci expansion card rite?

cheers

**Little John** · 2nd March 2003

Buy SCSI. limitations on the number of drives dosent really matter then. the only real limit is the size of the case you have. a minimum of 7 drives on each connecter some will go to 14 or even 21. 2 drives on 1 connector of IDE is too limiting.

Then angain iif you have never heard that you can use power spliters i expect that SCSI means nothing to you.

(SCSI is pronounce scuzy)

**EvilBoB** · 4th March 2003

I have a two motherboards at home with built in IDE RAID contollers. These are really nice as you can have loads of devices.

My Athlon mobo will support 12 IDE devices and my P4 will support 6!

IDE drives are cheaper than SCSI so get a Promise RAID controller. They are only about �40 if memory serves

**EUPHORiA** · 6th March 2003

I hope ur not on a 300W PSU and ur using Y Splitters to support 4+ Devices. If you are i would get a new PSU which is a tad more powerful to feed all ur devices power.