Does this motherboard support everything on this case

Nastybutler187 · 07-07-2005, 03:47 PM

I am getting this motherboard: http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?p=MB-K8NU-9&c=pw&show=p
and this case: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...5&Sku=D15-1010
the case has 4 External 5.25" Drive Bays, 2 External 3.5" Drive Bays, and 4 Internal 3.5" Drive Bays.

i am wondering if the motherboard supports all of these bays.

lynx6200 · 07-07-2005, 03:58 PM

The case and m/b are compatibale, it has nothing to do with the drive bays, thats just to hold additional drives, like your hard drive, cd rom, etc. You just have to make sure the case supports your m/b's form factor, ATX. So yes, they will fit.

Nastybutler187 · 07-07-2005, 03:59 PM

but dont you have to connect all of the bays to the motherboard? so i am wondering if the mobo has enough 'connectors', or whatever they are. or i am wrong..

**dragon2309** · 07-07-2005, 04:09 PM

You dont have to connect "bays" to the motherboard. You fit CD-ROM drives and hard drives into the bays and connect those to the motherboad. Its up toy uo how many drives etc you want to have.

Nastybutler187 · 07-07-2005, 04:24 PM

yeah, thats what i was talking about, but could the motherboard handle that many differnt drives? like, if i have a DVD/CD-+RW, CD-ROM, Floppy drive, 9-1 card reader, etc, will the motherboard be able to handle all of that? sorry if i sound stupid, im just kinda new with comps.

**dragon2309** · 07-07-2005, 04:30 PM

Yes of course, from just looking at the picture of the mobo you can see that there are 2 IDE channels that gives a maximum of 4 devices on IDE, you could put CD drives DVD drives hard drives and card readers on IDE channels. You may also notice that the mobo has SATA (serail A to A) aswell. This is like the next generation of IDE (whch is sometimes called PATA (parallel A to A). Devices such as hard drives can connect to SATA channels.

And just to clear up one last point, the case has nothing to do with the motherboard, as long as it is ATX form factor the mobo will fit in it, as long as the case has enough bays for what you want then it is fine.

Nastybutler187 · 07-07-2005, 04:32 PM

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Originally Posted by dragon2309

Yes of course, from just looking at the picture of the mobo you can see that there are 2 IDE channels that gives a maximum of 4 devices on IDE, you could put CD drives DVD drives hard drives and card readers on IDE channels. You may also notice that the mobo has SATA (serail A to A) aswell. This is like the next generation of IDE (whch is sometimes called PATA (parallel A to A). Devices such as hard drives can connect to SATA channels.

thats what i wanted to know, thanks a lot!

**Praetor** · 07-10-2005, 01:34 PM

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i am wondering if the motherboard supports all of these bays.

Bays are just empty slots and have nothing to do with the motherboard

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i am wondering if the motherboard supports all of these bays.

If you plan on cramming those all full ... make sure you have a solid PSU to power evrythign

07-07-2005, 03:47 PM	#1 (permalink)
Nastybutler187 Silver Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 167	Does this motherboard support everything on this case I am getting this motherboard: http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?p=MB-K8NU-9&c=pw&show=p and this case: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...5&Sku=D15-1010 the case has 4 External 5.25" Drive Bays, 2 External 3.5" Drive Bays, and 4 Internal 3.5" Drive Bays. i am wondering if the motherboard supports all of these bays.

07-07-2005, 03:58 PM	#2 (permalink)
lynx6200 Platinum Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: NC Age: 25 Posts: 786	The case and m/b are compatibale, it has nothing to do with the drive bays, thats just to hold additional drives, like your hard drive, cd rom, etc. You just have to make sure the case supports your m/b's form factor, ATX. So yes, they will fit. __________________ [size=2][size=1][color=DarkGreen][color=Navy] CoolerMaster Case Asus A8N SLI- Deluxe AMD athlon 64 3400+ 1GB Ultra DDR ram XFX 7600 GT 256mb videe 230GB SATA HD Combo drive Last edited by lynx6200; 07-07-2005 at 04:16 PM.

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dragon2309 P.I Dragon Join Date: May 2005 Location: KENT, UK Age: 19 Posts: 8,342	You dont have to connect "bays" to the motherboard. You fit CD-ROM drives and hard drives into the bays and connect those to the motherboad. Its up toy uo how many drives etc you want to have. __________________ Intel Core2Duo E6600 @ 3.1Ghz - (__CPU__) eVGA 680i SLi - (__MOB__) 4Gb Corsair Dominator DDR2-800 (4x1024Mb) - (__RAM__) 250Gb Western Digital SATAII 7200rpm - (__HDD__) nVidia BFG 8800GTS OC 320Mb - (__GFX__) LG DVD+/-RW 18x DVD-RAM - (__OPT__) Triple Boot - [XP Pro] + [Vista Ultimate] + [Ubuntu 7.10] - (__OS__) [3DMARK'03 :: 25,587] --- [3DMARK'05 :: 13,989] --- [3DMARK'06 :: 8791] - (__BENCHMARKS__) dragon2309.co.uk - a little slice of geek

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dragon2309 P.I Dragon Join Date: May 2005 Location: KENT, UK Age: 19 Posts: 8,342	Yes of course, from just looking at the picture of the mobo you can see that there are 2 IDE channels that gives a maximum of 4 devices on IDE, you could put CD drives DVD drives hard drives and card readers on IDE channels. You may also notice that the mobo has SATA (serail A to A) aswell. This is like the next generation of IDE (whch is sometimes called PATA (parallel A to A). Devices such as hard drives can connect to SATA channels. And just to clear up one last point, the case has nothing to do with the motherboard, as long as it is ATX form factor the mobo will fit in it, as long as the case has enough bays for what you want then it is fine. __________________ Intel Core2Duo E6600 @ 3.1Ghz - (__CPU__) eVGA 680i SLi - (__MOB__) 4Gb Corsair Dominator DDR2-800 (4x1024Mb) - (__RAM__) 250Gb Western Digital SATAII 7200rpm - (__HDD__) nVidia BFG 8800GTS OC 320Mb - (__GFX__) LG DVD+/-RW 18x DVD-RAM - (__OPT__) Triple Boot - [XP Pro] + [Vista Ultimate] + [Ubuntu 7.10] - (__OS__) [3DMARK'03 :: 25,587] --- [3DMARK'05 :: 13,989] --- [3DMARK'06 :: 8791] - (__BENCHMARKS__) dragon2309.co.uk - a little slice of geek

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07-07-2005, 03:59 PM	#3 (permalink)
Nastybutler187 Silver Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 167	but dont you have to connect all of the bays to the motherboard? so i am wondering if the mobo has enough 'connectors', or whatever they are. or i am wrong..

07-07-2005, 04:24 PM	#5 (permalink)
Nastybutler187 Silver Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 167	yeah, thats what i was talking about, but could the motherboard handle that many differnt drives? like, if i have a DVD/CD-+RW, CD-ROM, Floppy drive, 9-1 card reader, etc, will the motherboard be able to handle all of that? sorry if i sound stupid, im just kinda new with comps.