ide channels

[SAM81]

just wondering how many hd's you can have one each ide channel? there is only one ide channel on my mb, and i have two ide hd's plus a dvd writer that need to be attactched. anyway of doing this? my mb is an Abit IP35-E (Socket 775)

 

[SAM81]

cheers guys, thanks for the help

 

[SAM81]

Or you could upgrade to SATA?

yeah could, but ive got a good 500gb's sitting here which i could reall use for media storage. looks like the pci card may be the best option. can you get sata connected dvd writers?