Asus p6td deluxe review

[EddieMac]

11/30/2009
I am being told that none of the i7 motherboards/processors will support a floppy drive and would like to know if this is truly valid. I plan on using the Asus P6TD deluxe motherboard with an Intel Core i7 920 processor. Seems incredible that this combo won't support a floppy drive. Thanks for your assistance!
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[nofun]

The P6TD Deluxe doesn't have a floppy connector.

This one does have a floppy connector: http://usa.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=W7i5W4Pw4fH22Mih

There may be cheaper ones which do, but that was the first one I found. You can always get a USB floppy drive if it's absolutely necessary.

 

[EddieMac]

NOFUN
Thanks for the info. The floppy isn't essential so I will stick with what I have. It just "surprised" me that
the P6TD wouldn't allow for a floppy. Living and learning ----- it's a blast!
THANKS again!

 

[nofun]

NOFUN
Thanks for the info. The floppy isn't essential so I will stick with what I have. It just "surprised" me that
the P6TD wouldn't allow for a floppy. Living and learning ----- it's a blast!
THANKS again!

What's more amazing is that floppies have stuck around as long as they have. The 1.44 MB floppy was introduced in 1987! I remember my first computer was a Mac LC II in 1992: 16 Mhz processor, 75 MB hard disk, 2 MB of RAM, and the only Removable Drive was a floppy disk!

Well even today on systems that would cook the LC II for breakfast, we still see floppy compatibility, simply amazing. And on my new i5 build, I too am including a floppy drive, because you just never know when you might need it.