help with my new dfi lanpart ut motherboard.?

Question

i just purchased the new DFI LANPARTY UT NF590 SLI-M2R/G Socket AM2 NVIDIA nForce 590 SLI MCP ATX AMD Motherboard so i could use my am2 proccessor and i started plugging everything ina dn noticed they only have one ide drive port. I do not understand how i am supposed to install two cd drives and two hard drives with only one ide port?

Answer 1

Well, you can't, directly.

The board has a bunch of SATA ports, it's thw way forwards.

Anyway, you can get convertors from IDE to SATA, like this one:
http://www.amazon.com/Ide-Serial-Ata-Converter-Cables/dp/B000BSLXCU/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2/102-3090328-3932127?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1174927408&sr=1-2