Question : Problem: hard drive incompatible?

I recently installed a ultra dma maxtor 5.2 gig in a system with two 1.6 gig western digital non ultra dma drives.

The only way I could get the maxtor to work was to remove the western digitals. I tried every configuration possible.
My bios sees the 5.2 gig fine. I have a asus p55t2p4 rev 3.0 mb.

How do I get the maxtor to work with the western digitals? Maxtor says the western digitals are too slow. Why would that matter if they are on separate ide connectors?

Answer : Problem: hard drive incompatible?

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