Yes, that's exactly where I was going. What is the motherboard and CPU that you currently have? I think your best bet to do it inexpensively would be to find a used motherboard of the same model for sale on ebay or similar. Otherwise, you may have to replace the CPU and the memory, maybe the video card, and possibly even the power supply as well.
Searching 'Newegg' (http://newegg.com), there are four Intel CPU based motherboards that have IDE (PATA) ports onboard. Only one has two IDE ports, so the rest would only support two IDE devices. http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=Property&Subcategory=280&N=100007627%20600029944%20600029945&IsNodeId=1&IsPowerSearch=1 And five AMD based boards. http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=Property&Subcategory=22&N=100007625%20600029948&IsNodeId=1&IsPowerSearch=1 I think they all have at least one PCI slot as well. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103062 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
