KT4 Ultra 3rd IDE channel

There isnt much info in the manual nor can i find what i need on the net.
Can this 3rd channel support a single plain old EIDE hard drive?  If so...what do i have to do to get this puppy to work?
The drive in question is an 80gig Western Digital
Thanks for any help you can offer

yeah...i seen that
how ever even after installing the promise drivers the OS wont recognize the drive as an IDE...it says it can see a SCSI but it cant read it.
Thanks for the reply though

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