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New DS3 and IDE drives?

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TomServo

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Okay, time to upgrade my BH6 / Cel1.4 combo. I've taken it as far as it can go - 512mb pc133 ram, Radeon 9200, etc.. it's been acting squirrely lately, like not recognizing my USB ports, random restarts, etc. Time to put the old beast to pasture...

I bought a new Gigabyte DS3, 1024mb ddr2 6400 (G.Skill), Conroe e6300, and an ATI x1950 pro pcie.

Now, I have 3 hard drives (200gb,160gb,80gb) and a DVD/rw, all IDE. I didn't realize the new mobo had only one IDE connector. Before I start ripping this thing apart, how am I going to get all 4 drives to work?

And a second question. My BH6 recognizes my boot drive (WinXP SP2) as C. But when Windows boots, it sees it as D (and sees my D drive as C). It's always been like that, clear back to Win95. When I go to the new combo, will that cause any problems, ie with links?

I'd appreciate any help/advice.
 
You can get a Lite-on Sata DVD-burner for $33 at newegg.com right now. Put you best HD on the 1 ide port and if you need more room upgrade to a new Sata hard drive.
 
Get and ATA 100/133 controller from NewEgg. Cheapest way to solve that problem. I find them here in the for sale area all the time for $10 to $15. Promise and Maxtor ( made by Promise ) are excellent.
 
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