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Apple Computing Products:
macOS - Desktop Hardware
3rd Internal Hard Drive Possible?
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<blockquote data-quote="WilliS" data-source="post: 28771"><p>dunno much about internal macs... but on pc's they come built with 2 IDE cables... (big wide ribbons that connect to hard drives)</p><p></p><p>so basically, you have 2 ribbons possible... each ribbon able to hold 2 drives... for a total of 4 drives able to be added to the computer without the addition of a pci card.</p><p></p><p>your possibilities are:</p><p>1 hard drive, 3 CD roms</p><p>2 hard drives, 2 CD roms</p><p>3 hard drives, 1 CD rom</p><p>4 hard drives, 0 CD roms (not practical unless your a server tower or something)</p><p></p><p>so basically, if you have a burner, and a cd rom or something, you can only have 2 hard drives....without having to add extra hardware to allow for your extra drives.</p><p></p><p>so if you have 4 drives total already, your options are: firewire or pci card</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WilliS, post: 28771"] dunno much about internal macs... but on pc's they come built with 2 IDE cables... (big wide ribbons that connect to hard drives) so basically, you have 2 ribbons possible... each ribbon able to hold 2 drives... for a total of 4 drives able to be added to the computer without the addition of a pci card. your possibilities are: 1 hard drive, 3 CD roms 2 hard drives, 2 CD roms 3 hard drives, 1 CD rom 4 hard drives, 0 CD roms (not practical unless your a server tower or something) so basically, if you have a burner, and a cd rom or something, you can only have 2 hard drives....without having to add extra hardware to allow for your extra drives. so if you have 4 drives total already, your options are: firewire or pci card [/QUOTE]
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