Sata Ii

Thanks for answering my stupid question, I'm one answer closer to figuring this out :D

I have 2 SATA II (2) slots on my board, and 1 PATA slot.. how many drives can I use per PATA slot? 2, right?
 
Haha, well you can get expansion cards and all with IDE ports on them... Or some computers had tons of expansions. I mean my computer has 8 SATA and 2 PATA connections :P Of course I'm only using one DVD-RW and one hard drive ;)
 
My mobo only has 2 SATAII and 1 IDE/ATA =(

There's this other slot, looks sort of like the IDE/ATA port.. but it's shorter, do you happen to know what that is, and what it's for? :D

EDIT: It's called an FDD connector.. what can I do with it? :D
 
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yea normally try to get a mobo and case that max out almost together... i have 6 SATA II ports and 6 3.5" bays (1 external, currently 2 in use) and one pata connection with my dvd burner off it (case has 4 5.25" bays)... want to get that running on sata tho, but so basically if I maxed out my mobo it would equally fill up the case, that was my logic.
 
My computer is an Acer, a pre-built.. but I've replaced the RAM, CPU, added case fans and a few other things. I got it cheap, so I'm not complaining :)
 
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