sata - ata - controller
 

Hi everybody (hi dr nick)

Just wondering if anyone out there has seen a SATA controller with 2 or more SATA channels + 1 or more ATA channels and the ATA Channel supports optical drives?

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edit - i spose i could always find a sata dvd/cd maybe that will work as well

Re: sata - ata - controller
 

The ASUS A7N8X-E Deluxe motherboard has 2 SATA channels and two normal IDE channels (ATA133).

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This any good for ya m8 ?

http://www.promise.com/product/produ...=98&familyId=3

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Lovely board, I'm generally happy with mine.

The only problem I do have with it though is that sometimes on boot up XP decides that that my CD burner (secondary on Channel 2) is a SCSI device and while the drive itself works OK the shortcut on the desktop doesn't. Which is a pain cos I have to reach over and press the button on the front to eject a CD :D

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Certainly is a motherboard I can't fault, and unlike plenty of other's I've used, so long as the power cable isn't unplugged, the usb mouse/keyboard stays powered permenantly.

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a motherboard is no good but thanks anyway i got a asus p4g8x del ages ago and very happy with it :)

@stuartbe vbmenu_register("postmenu_137585", true); that would be fine infact i was looking at the little version of that (2 port sata) but it does not support ATA optical drives ...also the 4 port one does not support ATA channels just SATA but i could indeed get a converter :) thansk for help so far guys