2 SATA + 1 IDE hdd?

elninyo821

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i just added a second 80 gig SATA and reformatted my pc, but when reinstalling windows, the IDE drive isn't showing up in the bios or as an option in the Windows setup. it worked before, when i just had one SATA drive, so does this mean that it (motherboard - ABIT NF7-S, XP, or watever) can't handle 2 SATA drives AND 1 IDE??

thanks!
 

CraigRT

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I've heard in some cases that mixing SATA and IDE is a no-no.. I don't know if it's a for sure rule, or if it's just a chipset/mb thing. but somehow that does not surprise me.
 

elninyo821

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my 1 IDE + 1 SATA setup worked fine before, transfer was a little slow when u went between the two interfaces, but otherwise there werent any hiccups... i'm gonna try playing with it a little more...