how to add secondary hard disks in mac os ?


I'm runing OSX 10.4.8 and i cann't work with secondary hard disks

it's too bad becuse i have 3 hard disks just one of thim already working


ide :
primary master : 120 GB hard disk already working
primary slave : dvd writer already working

secondary master :120 GB hard disk doesn't work
secondary Slave :120 GB hard disk doesn't work




can anyone help me with this?

Thanks

Bakkar

Usually they should work. What kind of drives are those?

hecker

On some motherboards only the first IDE port is supported. What type of motherboard do you have?

I have foxconn motherboard 975X7AB
intel 975X EXPRESS CHIPSET

and my two Hdd drives is Western Digital 120

Thanks alot



Bakkar

sorry but i didn't solve my problem yet

i also have western digital 400Gb, it didnt show up in finder.

On the Foxconn 975X7AB, the bottom IDE port is a JMicron controller, and probably won't work at all in Mac OS. Same would go for the back panel eSATA port, which is run by the same JMicron controller. The one on the front side (primary IDE) where your hard drive & DVD work is the Intel ICH7 IDE channel.

Just get some IDE-to-SATA converters for your 2 hard drives that don't work on the bottom IDE port, and that way you can plug them into one of the 4 ICH7 SATA ports. Or you could spend a little more cash and buy Firewire/USB enclosures for the 2 HDD's - I have tested the Firewire ports on the 975X7AB and they work natively.