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motherboard that has more then 2 ide slot

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chuckieland

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which motherboard that is brand name, and decent price has more then 2 ide slot
raid don't count unless they can work like addition ide slot
i have a dvd rom, cdrw, and two HD, and i wish to add more HD
and no, PCI ide card is not an option, because i don't have anyt PCI slot left
and my motherboard don't have ISA too
 
There aren't any not including those that have the onboard RAID/ATA100 controller. The southbridge only supports two IDE channels. If you want more you'd have to get a board with an onboard RAID controller that supports use as ATA100 or get a PCI controller card.

I use the Promise RAID/ATA100 controller on my Asus A7V133 as additional ATA100 IDE channels.
 
The Soyo Dragon Plus has 2 regular IDE channels, and 2 extra IDE channels enabled by the motherboard's onboard IDE RAID controller. This board runs around $130. Hope this helps.
 
The Soyo Dragon Plus has 2 regular IDE channels, and 2 extra IDE channels enabled by the motherboard's onboard IDE RAID controller.

Nearly all motherboards with the RAID controller can use it for an additional ATA100 controller. The only one I know of that doesn't is the MSI K7T266 Pro2-RU.
 
The Asus A7V266-E as 2 regular IDE plus 2 IDE ports from the promise contoller. This mobo is top of the line if you are looking for performance and stability, but it has a little extra cost.
 
What's the problem with using the onboard Promise controller for IDE interfaced hardware?????? You always have the option of using the Promise controller as a Promise RAID controller or a Promise ATA100 controller.
 
so the only way to get addition IDE slot with out PIC ide card is to buy motherboard with raid built in right?

Correct, as I said, the southbridge that provides the IDE contoller only supports 2 IDE channels.

You always have the option of using the Promise controller as a Promise RAID controller or a Promise ATA100 controller.

Not always. The Promise ATA100/RAID controller on the MSI K7T266 Pro2-RU doesn't allow for it to be used that way. Only RAID.
 
my epox 8k7a+ has the highpoint raid onboard
using the raid channels as regular ide channels hasn't caused me any problems
 
I always thought the HP RAID controller could be used as an extra IDE channel, but only for harddrives, not CD-ROMs and the like.. I could be wrong though.

Kramer
 
I like the Abit KR7A raid ide 3 and 4 are on the highpoint raid controller but yiu do not hve to use them as raid. You also get the benefit of the ata 133 standard on those channels. THe newer Kr7a-133 supports ata on all 4 ide channels.
 
But if you are getting a new motherboard... you probably will have some PCI slots free... at least one or do you have 6 pci cards already?
 
ABit KR7-RAID. This mobo has 4 IDE (2 provided by RAID headers), 6 PCI slots (you'll never run out), and 4 DIMM slots (capable of 3GB unregistered RAM). This mobo can be had at Newegg.com for like $140. Damn Sweet! Also, the RAID headers have ATA133, not like it matters though. THis is a sweet board with tons of room to grow!
 
I bought the KR7ARAID board specifically for the 4 discrete IDE ports. ATA133 and RAID-mode capability weren't important to me. It seemed the best board available at that time.

The KR7ARAID board has been fine, but if I were buying today I'd buy the Shuttle AK35GTR for similar features at a lower price + great reviews.

Hope this helps!
 
If you get a new mobo, just make sure you either get one with Raid to have the extra channels, but you can only use hard drives on the extra ide ports, or get a pci ide card. If you want to keep the same number of devices as in your machine now, and still have a pci ide card in it too, then get a mobo with at least a NIC port or onboard sound or something that will eliminate one of the cards on your mobo now.
 
thank you guys for all your input
i have my eye set on asus a7v266-e and abit k7gr-raid
asus have server me very well, so asus will be a favorite for me
but anand give abit a very good review over the asus
so.... damn, problem after problem 🙂
 
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