I think there is more involved here than simply AST saving a few
cents by not including the connector.  All the I/O circuits and
logic for the second port are probably missing also.

If you look closely at the board, you will also see double rows
of silver dots and a few square outlines where there are missing
chips and other components.


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> Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Solder the IDE connector myself
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>
>         Hi.
>         For soldering an IDE connector on the mobo and success, it must
> happen that all is functional, but AST decided to save a few cents not
> including it.
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> >         I have an AST adventure 8090p computer. I want upgrade my
> > disk space, but I have a problem. In my MoBo I have only one IDE
> > connector, the another connector is empty