I can't find where to plug my dvd drive in. There's no data cable connector.
Motherboard:[url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131594&nm_mc=TEMC-RMA-Approvel&cm_mmc=TEMC-RMA-Approvel-_-Content-_-text-_-[/url]
What sort of DVD Drive is it? S-ATA or IDE?
The motherboard doesn't have cables inbuilt you'll need to get some from your motherboard box, or check your DVD drive box.
There's just no where to connect the drive... I have the cables just no where to plug them in. It's IDE.
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top right, they're horizontal
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and no IDE, as far as I can tell
It does have a connecter, it's just fucking stupidly awkward like my motherboard and they decided to put it on the SIDE of the motherboard. In the bottom of this picture, look at that blue bar on the right of the SATA ports, and then notice that that blue bar is actually a connector on its side.
[img]http://images.hardware.info/news/ASUS_P7P55_PRO-01.jpg[/img]
You look shit out of luck, time to buy a SATA Doovdé drive.
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Scrap that, Kondor is right. I don't know why Newegg have labelled that as your SATA ports!
-snippity snip-
I just looked. Those are SATA ports. :(
I can't find your SATA ports on that mobo. Can someone with younger eyes help me out? :saddowns:
Crap I just realised that the image I took from google isn't actually your board, it's very slightly different :( you'll have to go with y0haNs suggestion and get a SATA DVD drive then. I don't know why DVD drives aren't just IDE only
the specs page lists only 6 SATA ports
down with IDE anyway, it's good they're finally trying to eliminate them fucking ugly ribbons
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[QUOTE=Kondor;17922605]Crap I just realised that the image I took from google isn't actually your board, it's very slightly different :( you'll have to go with y0haNs suggestion and get a SATA DVD drive then. I don't know why DVD drives aren't just IDE only[/QUOTE]
because SATA is better
if anything, why do they even produce IDE drives anymore
[QUOTE=Kondor;17922605]Crap I just realised that the image I took from google isn't actually your board, it's very slightly different :( you'll have to go with y0haNs suggestion and get a SATA DVD drive then. I don't know why DVD drives aren't just IDE only[/QUOTE]
It's just another step for man kind. SATA is better.
there isn't even any point to keeping them around for older systems, because there's adapters
I currently have a 40GB HDD That is IDE. I use sit for extra storage because my primary HDD is only a 120GB SATA.
[QUOTE=ghostofme;17922841]It's just another step for man kind. SATA is better.[/QUOTE]
For a CD drive, how is it better ?
PATA can transfer up to 133MB/s, sure there are other protocol changes which make that slightly harder to compare to SATA but in general you'd be hard pushed to find a HDD which can max-out that never mind a DVD drive.
Let's not forget the other uses for IDE:
[url]http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Supertalent-SF4GB5Y40-40-pin-IDE-4G-Flash-Disk-Module-(FDM)-with-Vertical-connector[/url]
A very neat way of mounting a small flash drive to a mATX computer.
In fact, you'd be hard pushed to find a HDD which maxes-out SATA1. All of the Seagate drives which I have (1TB to give you an idea of age.) actually have a jumper which limits it to SATA1 for compatibility reasons. This jumper is installed by default.
Just a few points I'd like to raise. :)
[QUOTE=yngndrw;17930335]For a CD drive, how is it better ?
PATA can transfer up to 133MB/s, sure there are other protocol changes which make that slightly harder to compare to SATA but in general you'd be hard pushed to find a HDD which can max-out that never mind a DVD drive.
Let's not forget the other uses for IDE:
[url]http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Supertalent-SF4GB5Y40-40-pin-IDE-4G-Flash-Disk-Module-(FDM)-with-Vertical-connector[/url]
A very neat way of mounting a small flash drive to a mATX computer.
In fact, you'd be hard pushed to find a HDD which maxes-out SATA1. All of the Seagate drives which I have (1TB to give you an idea of age.) actually have a jumper which limits it to SATA1 for compatibility reasons. This jumper is installed by default.
Just a few points I'd like to raise. :)[/QUOTE]
legacy hardware, sata is easier to manage
OH WHERE IS THAT JUMPER
[QUOTE=yngndrw;17930335]For a CD drive, how is it better ?
PATA can transfer up to 133MB/s, sure there are other protocol changes which make that slightly harder to compare to SATA but in general you'd be hard pushed to find a HDD which can max-out that never mind a DVD drive.
Let's not forget the other uses for IDE:
[url]http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Supertalent-SF4GB5Y40-40-pin-IDE-4G-Flash-Disk-Module-(FDM)-with-Vertical-connector[/url]
A very neat way of mounting a small flash drive to a mATX computer.
In fact, you'd be hard pushed to find a HDD which maxes-out SATA1. All of the Seagate drives which I have (1TB to give you an idea of age.) actually have a jumper which limits it to SATA1 for compatibility reasons. This jumper is installed by default.
Just a few points I'd like to raise. :)[/QUOTE]
I never said specifically SATA CD Drives. SATA [b]IN GENERAL[/b] is better.
To be honest, the points also apply to any other SATA device. Nearly all are slower than ATA133 and SATA1.
Thought granted, SATA cables are nice and thin. :P
Christ, that motherboard is 240 dollars, couldn't you just chip in another 20 bucks for a new dvd drive?
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