Hi all,
I am putting a new hard drive in my Dell 4600.
Do any of you see a problem with it being installed as the slave to my CD ROM?
The trouble is, as of now all I have is an 18" cable, and the first hard drive is mounted in the lower front.
I COULD put the second hard drive into a slot justt in front of the exisiting one, but there is no place to put a front cooling fan, and ! am worried about two fast drives so close to eachother, without cooling.
So, I bought a 3 1/2 to 5 1/4 adapter package, that is a heat sink in and of itself, and has fans in the front blowing on it.
The machine seems to run ok, but if it is better to have both har drives on teh smae IDE channel, tehn I will need to get a longer cable. The 18" is about 1 inch short.
Opinions?
Thank you.
Best Regards,
Marlon
My personal credo:
Do well unto others, else you will, or at least should, not respect what you see in the mirror at the end of the day!
I am putting a new hard drive in my Dell 4600.
Do any of you see a problem with it being installed as the slave to my CD ROM?
The trouble is, as of now all I have is an 18" cable, and the first hard drive is mounted in the lower front.
I COULD put the second hard drive into a slot justt in front of the exisiting one, but there is no place to put a front cooling fan, and ! am worried about two fast drives so close to eachother, without cooling.
So, I bought a 3 1/2 to 5 1/4 adapter package, that is a heat sink in and of itself, and has fans in the front blowing on it.
The machine seems to run ok, but if it is better to have both har drives on teh smae IDE channel, tehn I will need to get a longer cable. The 18" is about 1 inch short.
Opinions?
Thank you.
Best Regards,
Marlon
My personal credo:
Do well unto others, else you will, or at least should, not respect what you see in the mirror at the end of the day!