Yes, and I do so love W2K for it's IRQ treatment. Wow, really? SATA DVD drives?
I will look in the am. Now that we have a Prez-Elect, I can blow off the
Talking Heads!
Best,
Duncan
At 18:50 11/08/2008 -0700, you wrote:
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
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