Greetings all:
I just bought a Gigabyte GA-945GCMX-S2 Intel MB, it came with one IDE and 4 SATA connectors, but I need to connect to 4 IDE devices (3 HD and 1 DVD burner), BIOS showed up to 3 IDE channels (0, 2 and 3), I assume the channel 0 is the one onboard with IDE connector, where can I get/access the connector for channel 2 and 3? Sorry I'm new to this so I'm clueless where to find them. I've tried to contact Gigabyte, but so far I got no answers from them and it's been almost 10 days ago.
Gigabyte GA-945GCMX-S2 IDE question
Gigabyte GA-945GCMX-S2 IDE question
Thanks in advance for your comment/suggestion
Best regards,
Michael
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Best regards,
Michael
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Einstein: “A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life depend on the labors of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I have received and am still receiving.”
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Re: Gigabyte GA-945GCMX-S2 IDE question
Welcome to LRForums!
That motherboard has only one IDE channel, which will allow you to run two drives.
Most BIOS show the SATA channels as IDE on the main page.
You'll either have to get a PCI IDE controller (they're very cheap) or buy a SATA DVD
That motherboard has only one IDE channel, which will allow you to run two drives.
Most BIOS show the SATA channels as IDE on the main page.
You'll either have to get a PCI IDE controller (they're very cheap) or buy a SATA DVD
Re: Gigabyte GA-945GCMX-S2 IDE question
Thanks for your reply.
I just attached one IDE drive and IDE DVD into my IDE cable, I set the drive to master and DVD to slave, but when I went to BIOS, it can't see either one. Does this mean that I have either a bad cable or chip? Is there any test utility to test the mb? I checked the cd that came with the board, and there's nothing. I thought usually a utility would come with the board to test if everything is fine. Is there anywhere I can find a test utility to test the board?
I just attached one IDE drive and IDE DVD into my IDE cable, I set the drive to master and DVD to slave, but when I went to BIOS, it can't see either one. Does this mean that I have either a bad cable or chip? Is there any test utility to test the mb? I checked the cd that came with the board, and there's nothing. I thought usually a utility would come with the board to test if everything is fine. Is there anywhere I can find a test utility to test the board?
Thanks in advance for your comment/suggestion
Best regards,
Michael
________________________________________________________________________________
Einstein: “A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life depend on the labors of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I have received and am still receiving.”
Best regards,
Michael
________________________________________________________________________________
Einstein: “A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life depend on the labors of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I have received and am still receiving.”
Re: Gigabyte GA-945GCMX-S2 IDE question
The best thing is to set the jumpers on the drive to cable select, so that way you know that its not just because you plugged them in the wrong ends of the cable.
Dan
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