Originally posted by: SerpentRoyal
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Originally posted by: ultra laser
I'm considering buying this board for my new computer and I have one question. Since I plan on using two IDE harddrives I have lying around, I've decided to buy a SATA dvd burner. As I've never used a SATA optical device before, I'd like to know if I'd have any problems booting from it to install windows.</end quote></div>
http://www.xpcgear.com/ide2sata.html
http://www.satacables.com/html/sata-acessories.html
You can purchase a SATA/PATA adapter which will allow you to hook up your PATA HDD/optical drive to the SATA port. Abit includes this device in the IB9 since the board does not natively support PATA. Set the optical drive as the 1st boot device in BIOS. The SATA optical drive will probably cost more than the adapter.
It is also possible to connect the boot HDD as Master and optical drive as Slave on the IDE cable when installing windows. Go into the BIOS and set the optical drive as 1st boot, and HDD as 2nd boot. Save and reboot PC with windows CD in optical drive. When done with the installation, swap the optical drive with the 2nd HDD.
I don't have any issue with two IDE devices connected to the IDE port (MASTER/SLAVE).
The Abit IP35 Pro has 90% positive review @ Newegg. This is amazing when you consider the large number of novice NewEgg customers. Per my previous post, this MB overclocks like crazy, without the need to tweak a bunch of parameters like most DFIs. It also comes with a lot of options for the extreme overclockers.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16813127030