Tricky one me thinks...

flippyr · 10-10-2007, 01:59 AM

Hello I'm new to the forum

I've recently just got a new sata HDD. Without thinking about how many sata slots my mobo had i ent away and got it when installing i noticed i only had 2 sata slots!! Currently i'm running one 160gb sata HDD one 250gb sata hdd. But i have a DVDRW drive which is very powerfull and i really dont want to go back and use my old IDE one ( the disk drive is sata ). Initially i thought ok no hassle I'll get a PCI SATA extension card, but.... when i looked inside i noticed my graphics card is blocking one of the PCI slots. The other PCI slot is already occupied by my wireless card.

Is there any way I can get around this without losing any components or buying a new mobo?

Btw dont buy ASROCK AM2NF6G-VSTA!!

OnStock · 10-10-2007, 10:18 AM

Well, i only see one solution - buying a new HDD case that has Firewire connection.

USB 1.1 – 15 Mbps
FireWire (1394a) – 400 Mbps
USB 2.0 – 480 Mbps
FireWire 800 (1394b) – 800 Mpbs
SATA 1.5 – 1.5 Gbps
SATA 3.0 – 3.0 Gbps

donkey42 · 10-10-2007, 03:13 PM

have you thought of using the PCIe slot with a card like this or are you using the PCIe slot for grfx ?

Edit: or would either of this or this help ?

BTW: look around the pages i posted, you may see another solution

flippyr · 10-10-2007, 05:07 PM

Thanks guys think i'm going to go with the PCI flexy extension !

10-10-2007, 01:59 AM	#1 (permalink) Top
flippyr Geek Trainee Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 2 Status: Offline	Tricky one me thinks... Hello I'm new to the forum I've recently just got a new sata HDD. Without thinking about how many sata slots my mobo had i ent away and got it when installing i noticed i only had 2 sata slots!! Currently i'm running one 160gb sata HDD one 250gb sata hdd. But i have a DVDRW drive which is very powerfull and i really dont want to go back and use my old IDE one ( the disk drive is sata ). Initially i thought ok no hassle I'll get a PCI SATA extension card, but.... when i looked inside i noticed my graphics card is blocking one of the PCI slots. The other PCI slot is already occupied by my wireless card. Is there any way I can get around this without losing any components or buying a new mobo? Btw dont buy ASROCK AM2NF6G-VSTA!!

10-10-2007, 10:18 AM	#2 (permalink) Top
OnStock Big Geek Join Date: Jun 2007 Age: 20 Male Posts: 104 Times Helpful: 8 My Mood: Relaxed Status: Offline My Computer	Well, i only see one solution - buying a new HDD case that has Firewire connection. USB 1.1 – 15 Mbps FireWire (1394a) – 400 Mbps USB 2.0 – 480 Mbps FireWire 800 (1394b) – 800 Mpbs SATA 1.5 – 1.5 Gbps SATA 3.0 – 3.0 Gbps __________________ /you got no clue what its all about/

10-10-2007, 03:13 PM	#3 (permalink) Top
donkey42 Paranoid Geeky Geek Join Date: Mar 2006 Age: 34 Male Posts: 5,826 Times Helpful: 309 My Mood: Paranoid Status: Offline My Computer	have you thought of using the PCIe slot with a card like this or are you using the PCIe slot for grfx ? Edit: or would either of this or this help ? BTW: look around the pages i posted, you may see another solution __________________ GRUB manual \| Google Linux \| Distrowatch \| Linux Chix \| Kubuntu \| My Mini City Last edited by donkey42; 10-10-2007 at 03:21 PM. Reason: edit

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flippyr Geek Trainee Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 2 Status: Offline	Thanks guys think i'm going to go with the PCI flexy extension !

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