On Sun, 4 Feb 2007 18:44:49 +0100, Anders Johansson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> took time to say the following:
(^_^)On Sunday 04 February 2007 17:41, Charles R. Buchanan wrote: (^_^)> I don't know every board out there, but never heard of a board with only (^_^)> one IDE controller/slot. (not to say they don't exist). (^_^) (^_^)The trend is towards SATA-only. It won't be long before motherboards don't (^_^)have any IDE slots at all, just like ISA cards eventually disappeared in (^_^)favour of PCI. That's true. My motherboard has two ide slots and four sata connections. They all were used at one time. (CD-Burner, DVD Burner, two IDE Drives) Had a PCI IDE Controller Card for the DVD-ROM. (^_^)> That is an option (ide controller) especially if he wishes to continue (^_^)> using the ide drives, but even if he gives up one, he's still SOL (^_^)> because you can't put three ide devices on one controller. (^_^) (^_^)Depends on what you mean by controller. PCI IDE controllers usually let you (^_^)have at least four devices, and often more than that. These controller cards (^_^)have more than one cable, and the IDE limit is two per cable, not two per (^_^)controller card Mixed things up a little, when I was referring to the IDE controller, I was referring to the onboard controller. If you have two slots, you also have two controllers. :-) The bad thing about those controller cards is, if your installation (OS) disc doesn't have the drivers and you don't have a floppy drive, it makes things very interesting. :-O Learned that the hard way of course! :-) Too many people spend money they haven't earned to buy things they don't want, to impress people they don't like. -Will Rogers -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
