Here's the situation. I bought a used MSI K7A PRO motherboard for a good price, only to discover that the FD connector on board had some pins broken off. I know I could just disable the IDE controller ...
If you’ve ever opened a PC case and stared inside, or looked at a bare motherboard, you may be taken aback by the number and variety of connectors, pins, and slots that exist on a modern PC ...
Are there such things as IDE cables with 4 connectors? I couldn't find any online to purchase from. Is there a limit on the number of devices on one IDE cable, and would that limit be 2 (hence only 3 ...