Advice on optical drive and hdd

Hi there, im buying a barebone bundle and need to install the hard drive and optical drive. I was just wondering, will these drives come with everything i need like the right connectors etc? The hard drive is a S-ATA 2 and the optical is an IDE. Im assuming they do, but i would like some advice. Also when i install these drives, what do i set the IDE to (i.e. do i set it to master or what?). Another thing, the S-ATA drive doesnt have any settings like the IDE does it? Thanks very much, Sean

Cool, it should come with all the screws shouldnt it? Do you think i will have any problems installing it because it will be my first time and im slightly worried :S.

Screws and cables should come with the case (or barebones kit). You probably won't have to worry about messing with the master/slave drive options on the optical drive. It should just be on master by default, and if its not it just a matter of moving a jumper. And you're correct SATA doesn't use master/slave options.

Thanks guys, i think i will order to hdd and optical today if i can. Sorry for so many questions, one last thing, do you think i will have to go into the bios and set the pc to recognise the hard drive i fitted, or will it find it automatically? Cheers, Sean

It should find the HDD automatically. The only thing you might have to do with your BIOS when you first set up the computer is change around the boot order so that it boots from your optical-drive first (instead of the HDD first) so you can install Windows.

Ah thanks, i think i changed the boot order on this machine when i installed a fresh copy of xp. Cant remember how i did it though lol :/. Thanks for replying, Sean

lol this computer im using is pretty old :P. I dont really have much choice though, i can only afford this barebone (i mean specs wise its awesome), so i hope nothing goes wrong when i install the hardware

Sure, its this one http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?BB-6204G

Thanks dude, i was looking at ebuyer and they actually have some really cheap systems (the cheapest are buy ebayer themselves), but i was put off by the weak psu. Hopefully if i manage to sell my ps3 then i will be able to buy that barebone pc :)

Also, will it come with a warranty or not? Thanks

Also, will it come with a warranty or not? Thanks

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What does RMA mean? Sorry lol :S