On Wednesday 31 December 2008 10:00:05 [email protected] wrote: > > I'm fascinated in the extreem, what sort of motherboard is there in your > > desktop ? > > James > > It's a Dell Dimention E520 bought in end-of-financial year sale. To > try to satisfy your curiosity I attach a link to an image of the mobo > here: http://imagebin.ca/view/Irf9scl2.html > > The closest thing to look to like an IDE connector is at the centre > near the bottom, half hidden by the longer extension card. The label > on the mobo next to it says "Floppy". > > I dug up its specifications from here: > http://supportapj.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/dimE520/en/SM_EN/specs.htm > > Under "drives"->"Available Devices" it reads: "Serial ATA drives (4), > floppy drive, USB memory devices, CD/DVD drive, and Media Card > Reader". The CD-ROM is SATA too (from visual inspection). > > Is anyone else here feels the same as Jam that it's unlikely that I > have a mobo without an old-style parallel ATA controller?
My humble apologies for questioning your skill and judgement. Dell, Dell, goes away Wiser and Older. James -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
