I mean is that so you can have two more ide devices on your system, or was it just for your cd-rom, and if so would you get better performance by connecting it there, or was it just a convience thing, and could you then have 4 harddrives, or would it create a conflict? ... just curious...
2007-01-21 12:03:14 · 4 answers · asked by JERRY P 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
Wow! I haven't seen those in about a decade! Those usually came bundled with a CD-ROM drive and, yes, you tied the drive to that IDE port on the sound card. In terms of performance, I don't think it would matter to a CD-ROM drive which is inherently slow.
2007-01-21 12:08:13 · answer #1 · answered by bogus_dude 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are two types. One that had a cd-drive connection (easy to tell-it's marked IDE, or a product name), and another one that looks like a cd connector but is really for the front panel add-on.
(similar to this one)
http://www.soundblaster.com/products/product.asp?category=1&subcategory=208&product=14065
The reason why is when cd first came out, there were not ide, but other formats. It required a controller just for the cd, so sound cards had the connection on them to control the cd drive. It later developed to IDE connection, but now no longer needed.
2007-01-21 21:33:54 · answer #2 · answered by computertech82 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I used to have one of theses back in the day when CD Drives were new. It's just an additional IDE controller.
2007-01-21 20:16:24 · answer #3 · answered by Shawn H 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think those may be SCSI connectors, for the old SCSI CD-ROM drives.
2007-01-22 09:00:18 · answer #4 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋