do not be too concerned with sharing IRQ's, is NOT the problem it was in the stone age <:-|
should not be a problem while you shop new SATA DVD drives. I like Samsung but use LiteON when I need a beige front panel ( retail box comes with both ) At 04:33 PM 11/8/2008, DHSinclair Poked the stick with: >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 -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- The trouble with a kitten is that, eventually it's a cat.
