Hi Phil,

Are you sure the motherboard has NO IDE ports at all? I find this hard 
to believe. Which specific model of motherboard is it? Is there a CD or 
DVD connected? If so, it is probably connected via IDE (many are still IDE).

If there is IDE for the CD or DVD drive, then you can chain the hard 
drive off the same cable in a master/slave arrangement.

Phillip Williams wrote:
> Greetings all,
>
>  I have a pc with SOYO Dragon2 mobo, 3.2 p-4 cpu, 2gig ram, an Axle
> GeForce FX 5500 256MB/ 128 bit video card, a Creative Audigy 2zs pro
> sound card,  a WD 10,000 rpm HD running xp home sp2 and I have Adobe
> Audition software for recording, mixing and mastering.
>
>  I have a used WD 600 60gig 7200 rpm IDE HD that I would like to add
> to this pc for the porpose of recording a live band from a mixing
> console. I will probably use a tv@nywhere capture card to interface
> with the mixing console unless someone knows of a better route to take
> with my available hardware.
>
>  My main question is what is the best way to attatch the IDE to my pc?
> The mobo is SATA only. I have a 3 port firewire card I can install but
> most all the affordable external cases I looked at are usb 2.0. Would
> I be better off with an internal adapter card or one of the adapters
> that connects directly to the HD?
>
>  Unfortunately, cost is a consideration. The adapters and cases I'm
> considering run about $25.00 and I don't think I can afford much more
> than that.
>
>  Thanks for any suggestions,
>
> -Phil Williams-
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