Need Help ID Elitegroup/Gateway Mobo board

Hello again ... I just purchase a mobo ... it's an elite group board made for gateway ... but I don't know exactly which board it is ...plus the thing only has ONE hookup for the drives! I can only hook up two drive and I need to hookup 4 ... how the hell can I do anything with out a dvd drive? This is crazy ... am I missing something ... help!:cry

 

Hi, spirittoo...

Really need to know which mobo it is - there should be a model number printed on it...

Or, go to the ECS site and try to find your board...

 

Found the board ...
here but there is only one hookup for the drives ... what am I missing?:confused

 

This board supports up to 4 SATA ports - you should connect any optical drives to the IDE connector, and your SATA hard drive(s) to the SATA ports...

 

Here is the link to the 945GCT-M3 manual: http://www.ecs.com.tw/ECSWebSite/Downloads/DownloadFile.aspx?catid=1&driverid=3996&areaid=2&LanID=0 ...it's in PDF format - you might want to grab it...

 

I do not under stand ... I see no way to hook up the dvd drives and the hhds ... I don't see it. Plus I don't think this thing has video and my video card won't fit

 

Again: the DVD drive will connect to the IDE connector with an IDE cable - the hard drive(s) will connect with SATA cables...

This mobo supports PCI Express x16, so you'll have to use a PCI Express graphics card...

 

Thanks for your help guys ... I ended up taking that mobo back and got the intel 845G board ... I can deal with that.:-D:wave

 

Well, that's one way of solving the problem! Thanks for the feedback, and good luck!