ASUS p5ld2 connectors for cd drives

bamaboy · Jan 21, 2006

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16813131538

here is my mobo im getting
Storage Devices
P ATA 3 x ATA100 up to 6 Devices
SATA II 4
S ATA RAID RAID 0/1/Matrix RAID

thats what it says on newegg

what is p ATA

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16827101006
that is one of my dvd drives im using, says connections are ATA/ATApi

now im reading the online manual for the p5ld2 and get down to the part about ITE ide cables, but i thought it had ATA because on new egg it says 3 ATA for 6 devices

now will this mobo run this dvd drive since it says ATA
Interface ATA/ATAPI

or do i need an IDE one, in the manual it says these connectors are for ultra ATA 133/100/66 cables
on the mobo it has pri EIDE and SEC EIDE

then it goes on to the ICH7R primary IDE connector 40-1 pin primary IDE for ultra DMA 100/66 cables

then goes to SATA for the hard drives

im confused as to whihc drives i need

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16827101006
this or this
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827187041

the 2nd one cost more so im hoping it the 1st one that is right

dicecca112 · Jan 21, 2006

PATA = ATA = IDE your DVD Drive will work fine. the board can handle 6 devices if you plug a dual device cable into each IDE connection. If you only have one IDE Device, you want to plug it into blue slot

bamaboy · Jan 21, 2006

so what is ATAPI?

bamaboy · Jan 21, 2006

im having a DVD burner light scribe and a regular DVD rom

those are the only things using ata ide

the hdd will be SATA II

dicecca112 · Jan 21, 2006

it will all work fine. ATAPI is this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atapi

bamaboy · Jan 21, 2006

just as long as it will work im good

pscout · Jan 21, 2006

The other thing that may have confused you about the ide interfaces is the ITE one ... it is just the name of the company that makes the chipset for the extra ide interfaces that asus uses on that mobo to supplement the reduction in ide interfaces with the ich7r.

There were a few issues with atapi devices on the p5wd2's but i think it was with sata atapi devices not ide(pata) ... and i believe there have been fixes for that already.

Latest bios should work for you.

Which CPU have u decided on? the presler or 800? Just forwarning if u plan to use the 920 on this mobo.

bamaboy · Jan 21, 2006

probably just the 920 i wont be overclocking much, so will it still do good?
if you dont plan to overclock will this board run the 920 good or maybe overclock to 3.0 or 3.2ghz im not doing any high numbers from it

pscout · Jan 21, 2006

the 920 will do that i expect.

One reason i shy away from the p5ld2 with the 920 is that since it did not oc too good, i just wonder what else it doesn't do as well. and my experience is that my 800's (830 for me) is better on that mobo than the 920. Maybe it's just a bios thing that will improve over time.

The other reason, and maybe the main one for you, is that you can probably get the same value out of a cheaper 800 on that mobo. Right now, 920's are going for full price i am sure. And you can get an 820 for under $200 (at least on ebay).

just my .02.

Good luck with whatever you decide on ... and there are lots of folks here to help you out on your journey.

bamaboy · Jan 21, 2006

there ar eno good deals on the 920 on ebay the 820 has a few

bamaboy · Jan 21, 2006

with the p5ld2 what is the highest u can oc the 920?

pscout · Jan 21, 2006

bamaboy said:
with the p5ld2 what is the highest u can oc the 920?

The highest i could boot xp stable was 235 on the p5ld2.

On the p5wd2 i am running at 290 fsb stable - 4.066 ghz dual folding 724. If i were not dual folding i can run it at 310 stable but dual folding gets it too hot for air cooling.

bamaboy · Jan 22, 2006

what was the ghz?

pscout · Jan 22, 2006

bamaboy said:
what was the ghz?

The ghz = cpu multi X fsb

since a 920 has a 14 mulitplier, stock speed is 14 X 200 fsb = 2.8 ghz

so, 310 = 14 X 310 =4340, 300 = 4.2 etc

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