no more power cables

[thamenace]

i am thinkin of gettin a dvd burner but i have no more power cables ... can i get more cables and if so where do i connect them or do i have to get a new PSU with more cables?

 

[1nteger]

i am thinkin of gettin a dvd burner but i have no more power cables ... can i get more cables and if so where do i connect them or do i have to get a new PSU with more cables?

Can you tell us what your current PSU is and what cables it has, connected to what things? You might be able to get away with a splitter or adapter, but it's hard to tell without more info.

 

[Reefsmoka]

Ya here you go, from overclockers.co.uk (just an example) 6th one down.

 

[Me__2001]

as long as your PSU can handle the extra load then get a splitter

 

[thamenace]

its a mx400atx ... generic ...i have 2 hd's ... floppy, and dvd ... and my side window fan ... i asked one of my friends and they said i could probably use a spliter ... what do u think

 

[floppybootstomp]

I think go ahead and try it.

 

[1nteger]

cheapest and quickest solution

 

[muckshifter]

Take out the DVD rom drive and replace it with the 'Burner' ... it will still 'play' DVDs.



... as a thrifty Scot, I prefer to save the 49p

 

[thamenace]

Take out the DVD rom drive and replace it with the 'Burner' ... it will still 'play' DVDs.



... as a thrifty Scot, I prefer to save the 49p

you know ... i idnt even think of that ... thanks

 

[1nteger]

Take out the DVD rom drive and replace it with the 'Burner' ... it will still 'play' DVDs.



... as a thrifty Scot, I prefer to save the 49p

...Ok so that's an even quicker and cheaper solution

 

[Raje]

Hey don't make him do that, let him make the Burner a slave and alow him to make exact copies cds and stuff. Id say check the cable you have inserted into the cd rom drive now, if your belt/ide has a slave plug then that will go into the bottom drive, ----make sure your jumpers are set right, (jumpers are little clips on the back of the drives, there should be a little picture next to them telling you what posistion they should be in. CS-Cable select , allows the drive to be recognised by what plug they are attatched to n the ide belt. M* mater, will be the master drive and will the drive used most often, as well as your bootable drive, and SL-Slave second cd-drive, non bootable -will still play cds dvds and such, is just labled secondary.

any ways, how big is your power supply--- if you have a 250 watt or bigger you will be fine, get the splitter. I ran cdrom/DVD rw, floppy, card reader, hard drive, 2 80 MM led fans, and a CC on a 250 watt PSU and it worked fine.

 

[Cache-man]

By far, the easiest solution is to just get a splitter cable, your power supply will handle the load, but if you are serious about your computer I'd also suggest looking into a branded power supply such as Tagan or Enermax!

 

[thamenace]

i bought the parts for my computer on a limited budget but i really needed a pc but i do plan on upgradin it alot but i have to con my parents a bit to get the money ... right now im lookin at a dvd burner and cordless mouse and keyboard ... then its a graphics card but i have an agp board ... i want to get an amd board also so im wonderin if i should wait with the card ... im goin to get the splitter when i get the burner ... thanks for your input all