>>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...

 rtn> OK,sorry about that. I just looked at the enlarged vire,and
 rtn> yes,there is a floppy connecter on the left, But there are
 rtn> no IDE connecters,just 4 SATA onns and there is a firewire
 rtn> connecter.The specs do not mention ide connecters at all.

did you read the URL i sent? in that picture and in the article, they state
that the IDE connectors are in the bottom left... in the picture in the URL
i sent, you can see them in blue "plastic" (or whatever the
connector housing is made of)... they are not laying "pins up" as
we are used to but are parallel to the board... the article specifically
states IDE connectors...

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