Stan,
Great idea! I do have a Promise card and a Rosewill card. But, the PCI slot
I have left to use will share its' IRQ with the on-board LAN Gb controller
that will be active (hmm, possible, I suppose). The other PCI slot is
dedicated to the old PCI FX5500 video card. Once I pick a PCIe-x1 or
PCIe-x16 video card for replacement the old FX5500 will have to do.
I know this reads like I am 'junk' building, but I'm really trying to
re-use what I have until I can afford to move ahead with updates. Video
card(s) being a next year project!
I am going to think about this some more tonight. Thanks!
Duncan
At 17:07 11/08/2008 -0600, you wrote:
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
