Help to choose mobo for ide drives
rock
I have an old TUSL-C mobo and I want to update to a new one as I think
this one is on it's way out. Thing is, every now and then the whole
thing shuts down or goes to the XP blue screen.
On this box and with the new mobo, I want to do this. I use XP Pro.
PCI Controller to run 2 IDE HDs.. Master and Slave
Primary and Secondary on mobo to run 4 IDE Cdroms
I guess also need onboard LAN, AUDIO, USB2. Display also latho' I can
use a new card.
The box is for pretty much only multi CD/DVD burns.
My current case is an ATX but not sure whether that will be okay with
the new mobo.
Thanks
rock
Barry Watzman
channels (4 devices).
I've had good luck, however, with the IDE drive to SATA host
(motherboard) adapters that use the J-Micron JM20330 chip. Conversely,
however, I have tried several other converters using different chips and
NONE of them has worked.
See: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=370264522525
(not the only adapter I have tried, but all of the adapters with, and
only the adapters with the J-Micron 20330 chip have worked for me).
Paul
> I am not aware of ANY current production motherboards with two IDE
> channels (4 devices).
>
> I've had good luck, however, with the IDE drive to SATA host
> (motherboard) adapters that use the J-Micron JM20330 chip. Conversely,
> however, I have tried several other converters using different chips and
> NONE of them has worked.
>
> See: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=370264522525
>
> (not the only adapter I have tried, but all of the adapters with, and
> only the adapters with the J-Micron 20330 chip have worked for me).
>
My current motherboard has two IDE connectors for four drives, and two
SATA connectors for two more drives. Still $65. This motherboard is
*only* good, if you leave the BIOS settings alone. The BIOS development
isn't the best, but it is Asrock after all (the control code for the
clockgen isn't for the correct part - that ruins BIOS overclocking).
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157115&Tpk=4coredual-sata2
Another restriction, is you need a processor with FSB800 or FSB1066 front
side bus. FSB1333 processors cannot be run at their nominal speed. Check
the support chart for some candidates.
http://www.asrock.com/mb/cpu.asp?Model=4CoreDual-SATA2%20R2.0&s=775
That motherboard doesn't have built in video, but it does have
two video card slots. It can take a PCI Express video card or
an AGP video card. Or even a PCI video card if you want.
If you could find a Q6700 quad core, that would be a cost effective
quad processor. For a dual, the E7600 might be a good choice (as it
support virtualization). The E7600 is not shown in the list, and
to get support for it, there is a hacked BIOS from a German site
you can use. But you'd need to use some other processor for a while,
until the flash upgrade had been done.
Currently, I have an E4700 in it (2.6GHz/FSB800 dual core) and the
only downside, it is doesn't support virtualization. (I'm typing this
on it right now.)
Charts on this site, give you a quick check for VT-x virtualization support.
I've even run Win98SE on that motherboard. Only one core on the processor
reports in, but otherwise is runs OK. I used an old 4GB hard drive for
the install.
Paul