Sata dvd on msi p965

[markdixon]

I have an old msi p965 platinum board which has the jmicron/pata controller I'm using for two ide dvd drives. the motherboard has sata plugs (3 hdd plugged in, 3 sockets are unused) so I'm wondering if I can plug a sata dvd into any of the unused sata sockets? or hdd and optical can't be mixed like that?

 

[Dereck47]

so I'm wondering if I can plug a sata dvd into any of the unused sata sockets?

Yes. Any SATA device (SSD, HDD, Optical drive) is compatible with any SATA port.