Thanks DSF, BOLt, and Lonyo, glad I wouldn't have to worry about it now
a kind of related question (for no other reason than it has to do with IDE lol..), my mobo manual says the hdd activity light on front of case will monitor just IDE activity, so is there no way for my SATA HDD to be monitored instead by the hdd light?
I googled around for it, it seems that people sometimes get 'lucky' and IDE bus somehow also transmits SATA HDD activity, which I don't see how it's possible or if those people's hdd light is really reflecting sata hd activity (but then I'm a newbie, so ) thanks in advance for any help