Can a single BUS connect 2 devices???

[Chetan1991]

An ordinary BUS has 3 sockets.1 is to be connected to motherboard and second to be connected to a device.What's the third one for? . I have a DVD RAM drive and a CD RW drive. my motherboard(845GV) has only IDE1 & 2.one is connected to HDD and another to DVD RAM drive. Can I use a single BUS to connect both of them(DVD RAM & CD RW)??

[rahul_becks23]

theres a bus in your computer ... what the hell ............!!!

[shantanu]

you mean the IDE cable... yea h you can connect another device as slave and have to make one master then you can use both your drives in single cable.... only

[nishant_nms]

ya u can connect two devices to a single ide channel one as master and another as slave

[Chetan1991]

Thanx shantanu and nishant.
pls tell me how to mark one device as Master and other as slave.
How I will be able to use both of them w/o rebooting??
Can I use them simultaneously??

[nishant_nms]

There are jumpers on the devices to set them as slave or master. The device will have it illustrated on itself

[Chetan1991]

Thanx nishant!!!!
you deserve rep.

[nishant_nms]

thanx man