i have a abit nf7.
i have 2 channels
my config is
i need to add another hard drive. but i am out of channels. i was told that i need to obtain a ide controler card.. that runs off the pci bus.
i was thinking that it could possibly create a big bottleneck within the drives+other pci devices...
can someone tell me how exaclty the cards work. what my options are.
and what some good brands are.
i have 2 channels
my config is
Code:
ide channel 1->ibm 20gb|2->wd 80gb 8mb se
ide channel 2->1->dvd rom.|2->dvd burner
i need to add another hard drive. but i am out of channels. i was told that i need to obtain a ide controler card.. that runs off the pci bus.
i was thinking that it could possibly create a big bottleneck within the drives+other pci devices...
can someone tell me how exaclty the cards work. what my options are.
and what some good brands are.