Hard drive choice

[Ric Moore]

On Wed, 2007-03-07 at 16:04 -0800, Tony Alfrey wrote:
> Net Llama! wrote:
> > On Wed, 7 Mar 2007, Tony Alfrey wrote:
> >> Net Llama! wrote:
> >>> On Wed, 7 Mar 2007, Tony Alfrey wrote:
> >> <snip>
> >>>> But I have lots of PCI slots on this MB so
> >>>> can I get more controllers for more drives?  Don't laugh if it's a
> >>>> stupid question; how am I supposed to know, eh?
> >>> Yes, you could purchase additional PCI SATA controllers to attach more
> >>> drives.  I'm puzzled as to why your mobo only has two SATA connectors.
> >>> Every board I've seen in the past few years usually has 4 or more.  I've
> >>> even seen a few with 16(!).
> >> It doesn't have SATA connectors, it has IDE connectors.
> >> But that's good news about the multiple SATA thing.
> >> Oh, boy, oh, boy, I'm going to Fry's, I'm going to Fry's.
> > 
> > You bought a new motherboard
> 
> not really
> 
> > that has no SCSI or SATA controllers?  I hope 
> > this board was really really really cheap.
> 
> yes, it was really, really, really, really cheap.

... and the sun was over the yardarm. YoHo, Ric

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