You could pop in an old Promise card to increase the number of PATA
ports. Do you have one laying around?
DHSinclair wrote:
The new Asus P5Q3 m/b is mounted to its' tray. Big sucker! It does
appear to be very SATA and USB centric.
Can anyone speak to "JMicron" SATA? I thought SATA was SATA............
Most of my CDROMS, DVDROM/Burner devices appear to be just PATA. Do
SATA devices even exist?
I think I may now search for PATA-2-SATA converters. This m/b only
has one PATA-eide port, but I think that the case geometry will not
support the normal cable length of the standard eide cable (included)
for both the hard drive and DVDrom/Burner mounting points. I can do a
temp mount of the HD to the FD carrier for initial startup and test,
but this would not be my long-term decision.
I recall some discussion about several versions of these converters
months back, but I can not find those msgs ATM. Recs and suggestions
appreciated. I'll need to buy a bunch!
Thanks,
Duncan
