using sata hdd with ide at same time help!

carwiz said:

Just to add to what has already been stated, your board will support up to two PATA/ATA-100 drives (aka: IDE) in a master/slave configuration. The port is noted on this image of your motherboard. It requires a "ribbon" cable as already stated.

im using my hdd at mo in the orange small connector ,can i use a ide as a disk storage device like,but use my sata one as main

gregrocker said:

Make sure the Win7 HD remains set first to boot in BIOS setup.
Then any other HD which is connected can be used for storage.

IDE drives require a large ribbon cable, not the smaller SATA cable:


Do you have IDE Molex four-pin power cable connectors available from the Power Supply Unit now:




It should have these since your mobo has IDE port.

hi thanks for you help !one more thing i have the molex leads spare yes,do i plug the ide in the ide hdd and then into the dvd drive?is this the same cable i use

i think i have only one ide port on mobo!
would it be better for me to get the ide to sata converter conector?

i read my manual now!i get all inof i need and start installing 2moro!

youe confusing me !jumper?/ key ?

theog said:

hi thanks for you help !one more thing i have the molex leads spare yes,do i plug the ide in the ide hdd and then into the dvd drive?is this the same cable i use

YES, but make sure the HD Drive is MASTER & DVD Drive is slave.

do i want the ide drive as master.my sata barracuda is main one i want?