new Mobo's and IDE

[sol2001]

I notice a lot of the new mobo's only have 1 slot called a PATA/IDE slot.

Is this PATA/IDE port where i can get legacy support for an IDE Hard drive or DVD drive?

also, if I have 2 IDE devices am I out luck and have to replace one with SATA?

thanks,
sol

 

[wolveen]

I notice a lot of the new mobo's only have 1 slot called a PATA/IDE slot.

I thought 975 offered 2 while 965 offered one.

Is this PATA/IDE port where i can get legacy support for an IDE Hard drive or DVD drive?

Yes

also, if I have 2 IDE devices am I out luck and have to replace one with SATA?

thanks,
sol

Master/Slave should work for 2 PATAs on one IDE Channel

 

[Michael Daly]

if I have 2 IDE devices am I out luck and have to replace one with SATA?

You could always get a PCI IDE card.

 

[CallMeIshmael]

Some of the Nvidia chipset mobos (i.e. 650i) offer 2 PATA slots.