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    2 hard drives, 1 external case (controller)

    Discussion in 'Accessories' started by squirrelza, Jun 1, 2006.

  1. squirrelza

    squirrelza Notebook Guru

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    Hi,

    I was wondering if it was possible to use an IDE cable with 2 connections, and then using a molex splitter, making it possible to run two hard drives in an external hard drive case. Obviously it will not fit, but I can make a plan about that. I just need to know if it will give both hard drives enough power and both will be detected..

    Thanks
     
    squirrelza, Jun 1, 2006
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  2. qwester

    qwester Notebook Virtuoso

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    I am almost sure it doesn't work (never heard of anyone atempt it). The issue is not power. Rather the chipset/controller in the USB enclosure doesn't support 2 drives per cable, or even double headed cables.

    As you may have noticed most enclosure instuctions tell you to set the drive as master or cable select. So no slave support.

    Plus it isn't really worth the trouble with enclosures costing this little
     
    qwester, Jun 1, 2006
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  3. digital8doug

    digital8doug Notebook Consultant

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    You mean connect a stack w/2 HDDs :D, using some sort of adapter from the ONE existing IDE connection in the case :confused: ?
    How is your existing Ext case connected (USB, FW, etc?)? What make is it?
     
    digital8doug, Jun 1, 2006
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    Sykotic Notebook Evangelist

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    I have seen external enclosures that support dual drives, raid, etc though not cheap
     
    Sykotic, Jun 1, 2006
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  5. squirrelza

    squirrelza Notebook Guru

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    squirrelza, Jun 2, 2006
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