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iambored   02-25-2008 at 04:30:35 PM

I am buying a Intel P35 based motherboard. I am also sticking with XP os. Do these boards have built in support for SATA or do I still have to mess around with a floppy? And in that case should I buy a mb with a floppy connector? Finally, what is a good mb(P35) in the $100 to $150 range? thanks.

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jsc   02-25-2008 at 04:50:36 PM
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"Do these boards have built in support for SATA or do I still have to mess around with a floppy?"

It is not an either/or; they are two separate issues.

Like a lot of us here, I have decided to leave out the floppy drive on my new builds. I have a USB floppy drive that gets plugged in where I need it. Counting two desktops and two laptops, I used it about 6 times last year.

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evongugg   02-25-2008 at 04:59:40 PM
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Yes, the Intel P35 SATA (non RAID) controller has support without drivers. If you use the RAID controller you need a F6 floppy.

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chookman   02-26-2008 at 12:53:09 AM
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evongugg wrote :

Yes, the Intel P35 SATA (non RAID) controller has support without drivers. If you use the RAID controller you need a F6 floppy.



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