Abit IP35 Pro

Originally Posted by BUFF
you mean really mean the move to 0 by Intel forcing the mfrs to add an IDE controller to give at least 1 ...

No, I didn't mean that. It's ultimately up to Abit, Asus, MSI, et al.

because that's how many the ICH9R has.

Aye, I know. I have the P5B Deluxe mobo, which has 6 sata native ports, plus 1 sata via a JMicron chip (and an unused esata :) )

people with external storage (eSATA is far quicker than USB2 or Firewire).

How many people use esata? Maybe a poll ought to be carried out.

the 2 eSATA are on the JMicron & imo the best thing to do with that anyway is disable it in the BIOS ...

Agreed. With 12 (or however many it is) usb2 ports supported and wireless usb on the way, what's the point of esata?

Originally Posted by kenco_uk
what's the point of esata?

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2006/12/05/seagate_500gb_esata_external_hdd/1

Portable storage that's as fast as your desktop drive(s).

Update: We've just got a new beta BIOS that finally fixes the Firewire performance issue. If anyone needs is desperately you can contact me.