>>Bottom line: we should know more about the specifications of the
>>specific models. Of course, if we have to rely on tricks like
>>that, I mean, we need to perform all kinds of work-arounds
>>because a normal boot from CD isn't possible, we have a problem
>>and at least S. Systems has a big problem. (-:

 rtn> If you want to see the future in motherboards,go to the Abit
 rtn> site and have a look at the KV7 mobo. The specs say it has a
 rtn> floppy connecter,but I cant see one in the picture. And,no
 rtn> IDE connecters !

what site are you looking at? i'm looking at one right now at

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/mainboards/display/abit-kv7_2.html

and it appears to me that there is a connector on the left side as well as
the two in the bottom left... there's also a white block on the bottom left
corner that may also be a connector...

aren't serial ata connectors ide connectors? don't get confused by the
actual use of the terminology... IDE means Integrated Device Electronics...
instead of the old methods of MFM and RLL where you had the controller on a
card that you connected the drive to, IDE puts the controller on the drive
and your cable connects to an /interface/ card instead of a controller
card...

in further reading of that article on the KV7 (which BTW is designed for
lowend budget systems), i see that my first "impressions" of
those connectors is correct... the one on the left is the floppy connector
and the two in blue to the bottom left are the ide connectors...

)\/(ark