Still using ide hds/dvd burners

[sindows]

I'm currently trying to spend as little as possible for my upgrade and definitely would like to use my current hard drives and dvd burners. I know Intel discontinued ide support back when p965 came out but what is the status of ide support nowadays? Can I just plug in my dvd burner and expect it to install windows?

 

[Concillian]

most boards have a 3rd party IDE chip for one channel (2 drives).

On my board, if I plug in one IDE drive and one SATA drive, I have to choose which is the "primary" and that one is bootable and the other isn't.

Regardless of which hard drive is bootable, I've been able to boot from IDE and SATA DVD burners. YMMV, my experience is with ASUS P43 / P45 boards.

 

[faxon]

looks like there will be but no guarantees. there is a chance some enthusiast boards might not have them since the chip and port take up the space of up to 4 sata ports and a sata controller chip as well, but it looks like all the new stuff has 1 IDE line still just in case you have 1 older drive lying around. if it's just for your optical drives though i wouldnt bother trying to find a new board with IDE support if there arent any with the other features you want, since a new DVD drive is like $20-30 anyway.

 

[Drsignguy]

Originally posted by: sindows
I'm currently trying to spend as little as possible for my upgrade and definitely would like to use my current hard drives and dvd burners. I know Intel discontinued ide support back when p965 came out but what is the status of ide support nowadays? Can I just plug in my dvd burner and expect it to install windows?

If you want to still use your IDE drives, Dvd and HDD, they do have IDE to Sata adaptors available. All you have to do is set the jumpers to CS (cable select) and that is it. They should come with a power plug to power up the adaptor and your HDD. I have used them and in one system, I still do (DVD). They work just fine until your next purchase of a Sata HDD. Only thing is, it is still the same speed as an IDE.

 

[Aluvus]

The only issue you are likely to have is a lack of ports. Most boards based on more recent Intel chipsets have only 1 IDE socket, which can support only 2 devices. Beyond that, it should be plug-and-go. There may be some edge cases where you could have issues, but they're not worth worrying about unless you actually encounter problems.