IDE1 On a Newish MoBo?

[amboyscout]

My ASRock 980DE3/U3S3 ATX AM3+ Motherboard has an IDE1 socket..... Is this epically awesome, or is this just, bleh? It also has 10 sata ports.

 

[JohnPMyers]

IDE was how you connected hard drives, CD-ROM drives, etc. before SATA came along and sped everything up. It's only awesome if you really needed it for compatibility with older hardware.

 

[aevm]

Yes, it is epically awesome!!! I've got a couple of IDE drives lying in the drawer since 2002. I could actually use that MB to see what's on them...

The part about 10 SATA ports is impressive, but these days I'd rather use USB 3 externals.

 

[amboyscout]

Oops, i meant 8 And 6 are SATA2, not SATA3... Well, i do have an older junk drive that i dont know whats on it.... I guess ill try it I just found out about this cool feature when i opened the mobo.....