New Motherboard, Only has Primary IDE.

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NeedaComputer

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My old motherboard had a Primary and Secondary IDE, which I could run a CD-ROM, CD-RW, and 2 HDD's. My new one only has a Primary IDE. I plan on getting a DVD-RW drive, and I allready bought a new SATA HDD (250GB, 16MB Cache). I know the SATA HDD has made my old 2 HDD's (50GB total), obsolete. And a new DVD-RW would make one of my CD drives pointless. But I would like to know:

Can a Primary IDE connection support more than 2 devices on a special ribbon?
Do newer Optical Drives have SATA interfaces?
Can I run, CD-ROM, CD-RW, DVD-RW, 30GB HDD, and a 20GB HHD all on IDE?
Is there a PCI, PCI-E x1 card with and IDE interface that I would have to buy?
 
Almost all new motherboards only have one IDE, since there becoming slow and more obsolete.

The IDE port will only accept two IDE devices, but thats usually fine for most new PC's because the HD is usually SATA, and most people only have 1-2 IDE drives.

If I were you, I would run either the optical or hard drives on one cable, don't mis-match.

You can buy PCI IDE Controllers, which you can use for your IDE HD's or optical drives.
 
There are very few CD and DVD drives that do. They will probably become more common, but as of now there arent many.
 
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