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I have 2 hard disks and 2 CD drives that connect directly to my motherboard. I don't have a RAID array or anything and I don't have any free IDE ports, but I'd like to attach a third hard disk so I'd have a total of 5 IDE devices on my system, and I will probably want to add yet another hard disk in the future, totaling 6 IDE devices.
I was looking at this PCI IDE controller -> http://www.cmicomputer.com/cgi-bin/...earch.html&and=&affiliate_id=&exact_match=yes
OK, so I'm thinking all I have to is throw this controller in my PC, and I'll be able to connect four more IDE devices to it, which would allow me to have 8 IDE devices in my system altogether. It says "Maximum 4 IDE devices" on the info page but that is in addition to my existing devices that are connected to my motherboard, is that correct? Or is there something different I need to do to get more than 4 IDE devices to be connected to my system?
I was looking at this PCI IDE controller -> http://www.cmicomputer.com/cgi-bin/...earch.html&and=&affiliate_id=&exact_match=yes
OK, so I'm thinking all I have to is throw this controller in my PC, and I'll be able to connect four more IDE devices to it, which would allow me to have 8 IDE devices in my system altogether. It says "Maximum 4 IDE devices" on the info page but that is in addition to my existing devices that are connected to my motherboard, is that correct? Or is there something different I need to do to get more than 4 IDE devices to be connected to my system?