X58 Motherboards, Floppy Drives and IDE D

X58 Motherboards, Floppy Drives and IDE Drives

It has come to our attention that many customers are adding floppy drives to their new Core i7 system.  However, the age of the floppy drive is coming to an end and many X58 motherboards do not even have a connector to use a floppy.  Also, if you are using the Vista OS, there is no need for a floppy drive.  All drivers (RAID and anything else) can be installed direct from CD.

This is a listing of all X58 motherboards and their compatibility with floppy.

No Floppy	With Floppy
ASUS, P6T WS Professional ASUS, P6T6 WS Revolution ECS, X58B-A eVGA, EVGA X58 SLI INTEL, DX58SO (Smackover) MICROSTAR, X58 Platinum MICROSTAR, Eclipse SLI	ASUS, P6T ASUS, P6T Deluxe ASUS, P6T Deluxe/OC Palm ASUS, Rampage II Extreme DFI, LANPARTY JR X58-T3H6 GIGABYTE, GA-EX58-UD3R GIGABYTE, GA-EX58-UD4P GIGABYTE, GA-EX58-UD5 GIGABYTE, GA-EX58-EXTREME SUPERMICRO, C7X58 SUPERMICRO, X8SAX XFX, X58i

Also, please be aware that some motherboards do not even come with IDE connectors.  This is a listing of those motherboards.

No IDE	With IDE
ASUS, P6T WS Professional ASUS, P6T6 WS Revolution ECS, X58B-A INTEL, DX58SO (Smackover)	ASUS, P6T ASUS, P6T Deluxe ASUS, P6T Deluxe/OC Palm ASUS, Rampage II Extreme DFI, LANPARTY JR X58-T3H6 eVGA, EVGA X58 SLI MICROSTAR, X58 Platinum MICROSTAR, Eclipse SLI GIGABYTE, GA-EX58-UD3R GIGABYTE, GA-EX58-UD4P GIGABYTE, GA-EX58-UD5 GIGABYTE, GA-EX58-EXTREME SUPERMICRO, C7X58 SUPERMICRO, X8SAX XFX, X58i