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Evil Sadistic Bastard wrote:

IG-88E wrote:I tried them out and thought Arsenal looked the best. So, my comp's name is now Arsenal.

I take it you're using the Heavyarms Arsenal pic as a backdrop?

No, although I thought about it. My desktop is a group of ISD's soaring through a nebula.

data_link wrote:

Spanky The Dolphin wrote:Asuka is the Second Children.

Rei is the First Children.
Shinji is the Third Children.

I like how Third sounds.

See? I TOLD you that Asuka had a crush on Shinji. Boo-yah, take that, Shinji-Rei fans.

*drops out of crazy mode*

Well duh, of course she does. You can tell throuout the series and EoE...

But I digress.

Ahh, what the hell...My computer is now named SHevSAvaa, 'nuclear fire'.

Ah well. Good luck with jo0r comp, Spanky.

And Iggy, is it right to call my comp Nirvana with a picture of Karandhras sitting on the desktop?

*shrug* Whatever wurx 4 u.

All four IDE connections are taken up already? What do you have in there?

Anyway, there is a solution to your problem...get an ATA-100 card (which is essentially two IDE ports on a PCI card) and then a power cable splitter (which you can pick up at RadioShack or Fry's or CompUSA or something).

My computer was named HDD. Now it's Hex.

ESB: What's wrong with giving your computer a name?

Nothing. I always name my desktops Floyd after a character from the Infocom adventure game Planetfall.

Ok, you probably have a HD on one channel, and the DVD on another. So, what you do is, put the CD-R on the same channel as either the HD or DVD. If you don't have a spare connector on your cable, you're oing to have to go out and buy one w/ three connectors. Then, Voila! C'est fini.

Dalton wrote:All four IDE connections are taken up already? What do you have in there?

I have:
1 floppy
1 DVD/CD drive
1 HD
1 Zip drive

Anyway, there is a solution to your problem...get an ATA-100 card (which is essentially two IDE ports on a PCI card) and then a power cable splitter (which you can pick up at RadioShack or Fry's or CompUSA or something).

Hmm, I might look into that if I don't get the external drive. Would something like that really work? How would I hook up the power cables?

Spanky The Dolphin wrote:I have:
1 floppy
1 DVD/CD drive
1 HD
1 Zip drive

Eh? The floppy should have its own port. It sounds like you have one IDE connection free - unless one of the ribbon cables doesn't have a center connector (like my old Compaq), in which case you can probably swap it out.

Spanky The Dolphin wrote:Hmm, I might look into that if I don't get the external drive. Would something like that really work? How would I hook up the power cables?

I don't see why it wouldn't work. The power cables are easy: disconnect one from your HDD or DVD-ROM, plug it into the splitter, and then plug the burner and the other drive in.

I have:
1 floppy
1 DVD/CD drive
1 HD
1 Zip drive

You are only using 3 IDE channels. ( Im assuming the ZIP drive is internal. )
You can add the burner to either the DVD or to the HD. (Im assuming from your description each is plugged into its own channel on the motherboard)

You just need to get a new IDE Ribbon Cable if the one's you have do not have 3 connectors.

Floppy drives are not IDE devices.

Thanks, Dalton, I'll look into that.

Okay, if you look inside your computer, two things should be sharing a cable. The other one should be by itself (ignore the FDD). It should have a free connector - use that to plug in to the CD-RW.

Spanky The Dolphin wrote:Thanks, Dalton, I'll look into that.

Happy to help.

Mine's named Der Fragmachine 2
I can't wait for Der Fragmachine ]|[ which will be at LEAST a 2 GHz AMD something or other with a GeForceFX card and a LANParty Kit (ya ya I'm ranting... LOL I'ma shut up now)