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Installing an pc -ide HD on a 6200

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Name: Marcus
Date: November 13, 1999 at 09:02:24 Pacific
Subject: Installing an pc -ide HD on a 6200
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I want to install a PC harddrive IDE on my
6200, but i have only have got one IDE
connection. What do I have to think of when I
do th


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Name: Eric
Date: November 27, 1999 at 15:19:50 Pacific
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Um, one for each connector you have, you can have two drives. So, just connect the PC HD to an open connector on the ribbon cable. If you cable only has one connector, get another one with two. And if you are having two IDE drives, be sure one of them is set as a slave (Move the jumper on the back to the "slave" position.)


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