epox 8k7a ide

[nsxdemon]

Does the non-raid version of the 8k7a have four ide channels or just two? I know the raid has four (2 raids and 2 ata100), but I'm not gonna use raid at all, just separate drives (all 5 of them!). All the pictures I've seen of the non-raid version show four ide chans, but only describe two of them. So with 5 hdd's, zip, cdrw and dvdrom, I could squeeze them all onto a board with four ide chans, but I'd rather stay away from using a PCI controller if I can simply have it integrated onto the board.
Anyway, if someone could please give me a straight answer to this I'd really appreciate it,
nsx

 

[bozo1]

2 channels

 

[NelsonMuntz]

Yup, just two IDE channels. Sorry . Looks like you'll need to buy a separate controller or buy the RAID version.

 

[AnimEva]

yeah, i am making a computer for my friend and had to add an addon maxtor pci ata/100 card. it worked without a hitch though, very easy.

 

[nsxdemon]

I'm not sure exactly which wagon I'm gonna dive into (either SDR or DDR), but if it's SDR, it'll be the A7V133 hands down since its got the channels I need (hopefully the problem with the zip not working won't plague me, but knowing my luck it definitely will). DDR's a different story...maybe wait for the a7v266 (hopefully will have 4 channs?? anyone know about this at all??) or go with the 8k7a+...i'm gonna buy sometime towards the middle of august, so i've got some time but i wanna keep on top of developments as they come out and not have to rush at the last second.

 

[nsxdemon]

well...i'd choose the a7v133 if i went into sdr for more reasons that simply having the channels obviously!! (not THAT narrow-minded)