I want to connect another DVD drive up on my Asrock AM2NF6G-VSTA mother board but I only have one blue slot IDE 1 the other slot is black and says floppy 1. can I use this port. At present the ribbon is connected from the blue port to the HD then on to the existing DVD. Derek

You need is an open slot for the drive, an available SATA slot / cord, and a SATA power. It may require you to go into BIOS, and in some cases a driver for the new drive. Don't forget the SATA drivers if you have XP.



GL

http://www.givemefile.net/drivers/mainboards/asrock/am2nf6g-vsta_43089.html

you could try this site.........
cheers

tht most likely u need to set yr premary hdd boot to ide then secondary boot hard disk is sata

Test your PSU or replace it if your power supply units fan is not working your PSU is faulty

One bad lead can cause a computer to continue on a cycle or to shutdown or fail to detect/ boot up a computer hard drive

Test all leads that attach to your hard drive including electrical extensions,IDE,SATA

the leads from your ((motherboard to your hard drive)) make sure they have a secure connection and are not faulty or just replace them there probably old and faulty

make sure all leads that are attached to your drives dvd\cd 3 1/2 inch floppy have secure connections and are not faulty or just replace them they are probably old and faulty ?
hope this helps

Hello Hanimip!
Asrock has Windows XP drivers for your AM2NF6G-VSTA motherboard available for download on their website. The link for the Windows XP drivers is AM2NF6G-VSTA

no new case told if new. nor if using recycled PC case OEM.

the AC97 panels are rare now. but here they all are
a history search for you

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page20 in your asrock manual is all you get from them.

Because it has NVIDIA® GeForce 6100 / nForce 405 Chipset.
any NVIDIA® GeForce card will be the best to get, but why do you wan't a new card when the on board one is a NVIDIA® GeForce6-class graphics DX9.0 VGA, Pixel Shader 3.0, Max. shared memory 256MB?
just get a VGA to DXI converter that's what i did there only a couple of pounds.
http://www.tvcables.co.uk/cgi-bin/tvcables/VGA-DVI.html

Sorry but the motherboard Asrock 845GV (P4I45GV) doesn't have a SATA controller and there for does not have the ability to connect a SATA CD/DVD-ROM drive to the MB. However you can buy a serial ATA IDE to SATA converter which will allow you to connect you're SATA CD/DVD-ROM drive into an opened IDE port. Provided is a link to you're motherboard;
http://www.asrock.com/mb/overview.asp?Model=P4i45GV%20R5.0 Next, is a link for the SATA convertor;
http://www.startech.com/item/IDE2SAT25-40-Pin-Female-IDE-to-SATA-Adapter-Converter.aspx

Cheers'
Mike

Hi, software for WHAT? and what is VSTA.Please explain more in a more specific way to us what you need.
Cheers

disconnect everything from M/board except for memory and video
this means hard drives cd dvd etc only leave memory and video connected
check your cpu heat sink for dust and fluff clogging it
then try to boot when you do check cpu fan working
If it still fails to start your motherboard is probably 90% buggered and you need a new one sorry for the news