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My new ASUS M2R32-MVP AM2 AMD 580X CrossFire ATX AMD Motherboard should be arriving today. Something tells me I should have asked this before ordering 
but can I put two DVD/CD drives on that motherboard? I understand that it only has one ATA connection; is there a splitter or something like that I can use to support multiple drives?
Thanks as always for any insight!
Thanks both. I'm repurposing older drives in a new machine, although I'll certainly replace with SATA drives at some point (the mobo has 4 SATA connections). Now that you mention it, I do remember setting them up as master/slave; it's just been awhile. I'm sure I'd have cracked open my old case tonight to transfer the drives and thought, "Oh yeah, that's how that works." 
Thanks again.
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