Re: Transferring to a new computer. Will this work?

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"Bruce Chastain" <bachasNOXSPAMtain@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"Anna" <myname@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Bruce:
We haven't come across *any* new motherboard that didn't contain at least
one IDE connector (I assume that's what you meant by "PATA port") so you
can rest easy about that. And no "special driver" will be necessary re
recognition of a PATA HDD.

This is the reference that worried me. I had been considering an ASUS P5B
motherboard but found this in a review:

"It is very important to notice that the single ATA/133 port available on
this motherboard is controlled by the JMicron chip, not by the chipset.
This means that if you still have a parallel IDE optical drive it will
only be recognized on Windows after you install JMicron's driver. The
problem is that this driver comes on the motherboard CD-ROM, and you won't
be able to install it, as the system does not recognize your optical
drive. You can download the driver from the net, however the driver for
the on-board LAN port is also on the CD-ROM. The only option you have is
to copy the JMicron driver from the CD to a floppy disk or a USB pen drive
using another PC. This problem happens not only with this motherboard from
ASUS, but also with all other motherboards based on Intel P965 chipset
we've seen to date."

http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/408

Since a special driver is required for IDE (PATA) port, I don't see how
any bootable IDE CD count work. Even if I could boot the CD (say from a
SATA CD drive), the Acronis True Image CD does not give you the option of
installing a special driver at boot time, so I wouldn't be able to access
the IDE harddrive. I wouldn't be able to do the cloning.

Thanks.

Bruce.


Bruce:
I find it incomprehensible that a current motherboard would be designed in
such a way that the user would need to install an auxiliary driver for a
common industry-standard CD-DVD optical drive in order for that device to be
recognized by the system. While I can't recall working specifically with the
ASUS P5B motherboard, I've worked with scores of different ASUS boards and
have never encountered the situation described by the source you quoted. I'm
not aware of any restriction re the Intel P965 Express chipset along the
lines mentioned by the review. If you (or anyone coming upon this thread)
can confirm the reviewer's comments I would appreciate hearing about it.
Anna


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