so i went to put in a second hdd in my dell

and there is only one terminal to the ide cable and only one power supply for the hdd. wtf? so i can't run a 2nd hdd for my massive media collection? thats not good.

eric

 

You will need a new IDE Cabel that has 2 HDD connectors.
For the power supply, all the connectors are the same.

 

I think he is saying that there is only enough power connectors for a CD device and an HD. Right? If that is the case, that may be all the Power Supply can handle.....

 

you can buy a splitter that turns one power conecction into 2. and a new 80 pin ide cable.
i think my dell power supply is something like a meger 250 watts for a pentium 3ghz with 2 hard drives 2 dvdroms and a geforce card.

 

Oh, i have never heard of something like that...
Well, it is a Dell.

 

exactly. only one power supply hook up. it pisses me off, now i have all this stuff and no where to put it. oh well, its my parents machine so i don't really care, i'll have a monster media machine for christmas. i was just wondering if this was standard dell crap or if it was just my cheap parents.

anyway so do i need to replace my power supply and ide cable? thanks guys.

eric

 

Just replace the IDE cable and get a y-splitter for the power. You should be ok with your power supply.

If you were to replace your power supply, you'd have to look into if is a normal atx one or not. Some of the dells have the pins on the connectors of the power supply switched around. If you hook up a regular atx supply, your mobos fried.

 

Dell probably made this slimmed down Power Supply to save money, putting a Y extension on one of the connectors will probably be fine. Putting an IDE cable with 2 connectors certainly won't hurt.

Good Luck on getting that Monster Machine.

 

and IT IS standard dell crap....not your parent's cheepos machine

 

you change accounts there? does anybody else see that? compare the name in his first post with he last post. that got my attention.


wait never mind not the same person i guess. just the same avatar. thats wierd.
eric

 

Wow.....

 

so that wasn't expected or am i just stupid?

eric