I currently have 2 HD's attached in the primary slot of IDE & 1 Combo and Cd writer on the other.
But i needed a Dvd writer to be added,so i bought a Pci card for extra IDE slots.
After I attached it everything was fine.
But later I faced problems, the drive was sometimes not showing up in my computer.
So I decided to check it in another Hard drive, same isssue sometimes it appears , mostly not.
Fist of all im 100% sure that tht IDE Card is perfect.
No issues , but I think most probably compatibility issue.
Should I go ahead or will i face the same problem.
DVD drives and such use generic drives for all their functions. (the same drivers work for all devices) It's not the drivers, unless you were required to install drivers for the IDE controller. Since the controller is working, that's not likely to be the problem either. What will cause issues is if you put so may devices in a computer that the power supply does not enough power to run them all. Installing SATA will require some special drivers to work properly. Since your computer does not like the IDE drives you already tried to install, I would not recommend you try a SATA controller. Check the power output on your power supply. It should be around 350 to 400 watts to run the devices you want to install. If your computer is limited to 250 watts, you putting to many hardware devices in the computer and the system is compensating by eliminating unneeded devices.
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