Is there a S939 mobo that allows for 3 optical drives and 2+ HDD

[nealh]

I currently own an Abit IT7 Max 2 Rev2...it allows for IDE 1&2...there is also a HPT374 controller for 2 SATA or IDE3&4....this allows:

IDE1 Master: DVDROM
IDE2 Master: DVDRW
Slave: CDRW

IDE3 Master: Maxtor 160gb HDD
IDE4 Master: Maxtor 160gb HDD

there are all PATA

Are there any S939 mobo that will aloow this setup..I really hate to go back to DVDRW/DVDROM...master/Slave with my 2 HDD as master/slave

I do own 2 Serillel ATA that supposedly allow PATA HDD to be attached to SATA but my maxtor 160gb hdd do not seem to work

I want to upgrade to A64 3000 or 3200 winchester...I do not want to wait for NF4 mobo as I think these are going to be $$$ and probably not around for 2months realistically???

 

[slurmsmackenzie]

i can't answer that for sure, but gigabyte is known for overloading their motherboards with features. the voltage options (apparently) leave much to desire, but supposedly that's all changed with the nforce4

 

[Omega Ohm]

The Soltek.

IDE: 2x ATA 133 up to 4 Devices, 1x ATA 133 up to 2 Devices by Promise 20579 with RAID 0/1/0+1

Whoops, 4 masters on IDE?


You might try getting another controller card to do it. I don't know any boards that can handle that set up natively.

 

[tallman45]

Asus A8v also has 3 IDE channels

 

[nealh]

Thanks

On the Asus A8V(at least the deluxe) it does have additional ide but only one..so the HDD would have to run master/slave....

Crap