Xenobius Posted March 27, 2006 Report Share Posted March 27, 2006 Dear friends,I have a problem right now. I have 2 hardisks in my pc and 3 optical drives. Since I use all of them, I have to turn off the computer, unplug a cd-rom and plug in my dvdrom and turn on the computer again.Is it possible to make a switch not on the power but on the IDE cable so that the computer will literally think the drive is not connected? altghou i will still leave it connected?For example I was thinking.... I will cut only the data wires of the ribbon cable and make a switch to connect/disconnect them. It this possible? .... I know there are 4 - 6 wires which the computer uses to verify if the cd-rom is connected and if i cut those, It will help a lotthanks A LOT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staigen Posted March 27, 2006 Report Share Posted March 27, 2006 Hi XenobiusI would buy an extra IDE controller(is it IDE?) !!! ;D//Staigen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreekPIC Posted March 27, 2006 Report Share Posted March 27, 2006 Safer this way.Or what Staigen suggested.Nikolas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenobius Posted March 28, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2006 Hmm No no I need to use the motherboard IDE Sockes! :p all PCI Slots are booked :-XI was reading in that article that if you remove the power of a hdd, the bios will still detect it.Could anyone tell me which pins does the bios use to dedect this?thanks guys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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