# New Computer, Got Questions **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [March 25, 2009, 10:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-computer-got-questions/202341 "2009-03-25T22:16:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 8
**Author:** ![The1SloR\_T](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/the1slor_t/32/5984_2.png) [@The1SloR\_T](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/The1SloR_T)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2009, 6:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-computer-got-questions/202341/8 "2009-03-26T06:52:33Z")
ya I know all that but there seems to be nowhere to put a ribbon cable on this board > [@2008 Vipers hit the Streets](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2008-vipers-hit-the-streets/39927/18): > > after all of the people on here say that dell sucks, you go and buy a dell and wonder why shit don’t work. Dell uses the cheapest motherboards they can find with most of the connectors not available. If you don’t have an ide connection on the board, then you will have to get an adapter card if you want it to work. > > How many sata connectors did it come with. even though dell is shitty, I haven’t seen a board with less than 4 sata connectors in a while. Throw the old burner out and get a new sata drive, they are cheap. I just bought the new pioneer drive like 3 months ago --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-computer-got-questions/202341)._