Only one IDE port

[rr spyda]

I recently bought this ASUS P5B motherboard for my new computer build.
http://www.asus.com/products4.aspx?l1=3&l2=11&l3=0&model=1179&modelmenu=1

I pretty much have everything setup but as I was preparing to put the HDD(IDE) in I realized though I have 8 SATA ports, there is only ONE IDE port. So my question is how will I be able to setup my HDD and DVD-RW with only one IDE port? :confused:

[jayb1234]

IDE ports handle 2 devices each. The cable that attaches to the board has 2 connectors on it for your drives. There should be one in the motherboard box. It will look like this (http://www.newegg.com/Product/ShowImage.asp?Image=12%2D104%2D037%2D04%2Ejpg%2C12%2D104%2D037%2D02%2Ejpg&CurImage=12%2D104%2D037%2D04%2Ejpg&Description=Link+Depot+18%22+ATA133+UV+Cable+3%2DConnector+Model+UV%2DATA18%2DSL%2D3+%2D+Retail) or this (http://www.newegg.com/Product/ShowImage.asp?Image=12%2D104%2D112%2D02%2EJPG&CurImage=12%2D104%2D112%2D02%2EJPG&Description=GENERIC+24%22+IDE+ATA+100%2F+66+3%2DConnector+Flat+Cable+Model+21AT%2D10124+%2D+OEM). Hard drive goes on the end conector, DVD on the middle one.
Set the jumpers on both drives to cable select.

[rr spyda]

Ok thanks!

[RJ]

If it's your only hard drive, you should know that burning DVDs will take twice as long, as only one drive can use the IDE bus at a time so they have to alternate between using IDE and waiting for the other drive. If you could burn a DVD in 6 minutes, it'll take 12.

If it's a newly purchased hard drive, I would return it and get a SATA instead. PATA is meant for optical drives only, 1 IDE port is standard on motherboards.

But as long as you can live with the increased time for transfering data from/to CD/DVD (includes ripping, burning, etc.), it will work fine.

RJ

[glc]

You are also going to have problems booting with your optical drive. The 965 chipset doesn't even have native IDE (PATA) support any more and that single IDE controller is a 3rd party chip. If you use an IDE hard drive, and the CD just happens to boot, I'm pretty sure you will need a floppy to load the 3rd party IDE drivers to get the hard drive recognized by Setup. The new chipsets are essentially SATA-only. SATA optical drives are just starting to show up.