Really, its just a strip of 2x20 header pins, and optionally the
plastic shield like other connectors.

1. Remove solder from existing bridged holes

2. Insert parts (checking which is pin 1 if you are bothering with the
shield, see the initial IDE connector for orientation information

3. Solder

(I'm sure Robert will correct me if he did anything differently.)

-=erik.


On 1/8/07, Andy Ruhl <acruhl@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 1/8/07, Robert P. Thille <list-netbsd-port-cobalt@rangat.org> wrote:
> >
> > A while ago I came upon a web page that talked about the possibility
> > of having two IDE channels on a RAQ2.  Since I was running RAID 1
> > already I figured I might be able to gain some performance, or at
> > least a little safety (if the drive electronics on one drive screwed
> > up 1 channel, the other might survive).  After some investigation, I
> > hunted down the components I needed and did some ugly hand-soldering
> > of surface mount components and now I'm booting my RaQ2+ with two IDE
> > channels.
> >
> > Boot output attached:
>
> Wow, do you have pictures or some type of schematic so we can see how
> it was done?
>
> I have a Qube so I was thinking of just adding a PCI card to do this.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Andy
>