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How many hard drive can you connect on a motherboard with 4 sata and 1 ide controller?
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∙ 13y ago
To the IDE cable, 2 Hard disks can be connected as Master and Slave.(Hard disks that support IDE).
4 SATA ports could be used for 4 Hard Disks.
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