Dear All, I have the am mobo, which in theory accepts 3+2+1 SATA drives (the +2 are to be connected to EZ-Backup and the +1 is an external SATA connection). I bought with the mobo 4 SATA 500GB HDD and 1 SATA CD/DVD drive. The mobo also accepts IDE drives, but I only intend to connect one CD/DVD to this. When I connect all these drives the system would not start. If I connect an extra IDE HDD it starts fine, I was even able to install Win XP Pro x64, but I'm completely unable to access the drives connected to the EZ-Backup. Also the system won't start if I remove the IDE HDD, even though the system is installed on one of the SATA drives. 1., Will I need an IDE drive or it should work without it? 2., What do I need to do to have the 2 drives connected to EZ-Backup working? Any help would be much appreciated, Gabor Visit our website regularly for FAQs, articles, how-to's, tech tips and much more http://freepctech.com