HELP! SATA PCI Card jumper configuration

[Reynolds]

I have 4 mainboard SATA ports, and 2 Sata DVD drives, and 3 SATA HDD's. So I bought a SATA PCI card, and installed it. Booted up, installed the drivers, and my computer only detects one of the dvd drives connected. From what I gather from these instructions, I can leave it alone to have the 2 internal ports available by default. Here is a scan of the instructions, am I wrong????

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[Reynolds]

Well I rebooted, and the second one was detected, go figure

[DolaMight]

Run a copper wire jammed into your power supply and then press the other end of the wire into the jumper. Your computer will thank you.

[SatCam]

heres a ? for you. is pci fast enough to handle sata at full speed? what about sata II?

[DolaMight]

heres a ? for you. is pci fast enough to handle sata at full speed? what about sata II?

PCI is connected to the frontside bus. Depending on your CPU/Motherboard it is usually about a fifth to a third of the speed of your cpu which far outpaces the SATAII.

[bnceo]

I personally avoid having more than 4 SATA devices. All I need is 1 DVD Burner and 2 HDs. The spare SATA port I used for another E-SATA (front controller with fan control).

At this point mudeater, get yourself a new mobo with more SATA ports.

Without knowing your specs of your chips, RAM, etc, here's a 6 SATA port mobo that's decent. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131149

Btw, no clue on the rules of linking. If it's an issue, I have no prob with a mod deleting the link.