I need your help!
I’m looking for the latest motherboard with FDD connector on board.
I support different companies in terms of hardware or software problems and all of them have different hardware I have to deal with. One company uses RS232 or use Zip Disk to send data to their machines, to cut out and drill metal, another very small company uses a external tape drive for backup data via LTP with an freaky pass through plug, where u still can use an old printer via LTP with just one LTP port at the same time, and they use that possibility. So here is the Problem: I want to Upgrade my computer and make four PCs to one PC because I have not enough space at home to run four PCs at the same time, and I am sick of unplug and plug in one or another PC.
You may think now "Oh no, this will be pretty old hardware from 20 years ago!" but that's not the case. I found a Motherboard from Gigabyte with FDD, PATA, USB 3 (yes 3 my friend), eSATA, Firewire (What the heck is this for? xD) and an (here it gets
pretty awesome) AMD 3+ Socket! (once more not AMD 3 but AMD 3+ !!!)
Maybe you ask your self " What do you want? You have your stupid FDD connector on board and can run an AMD FX 8370!" Well, Gigabyte didn't produce the best motherboards in term of "long-lasting " components in 2011, very often they die just because of the cheap stuff they soldered on the board. Did ASUS or MSI produce any kind of motherboard with something like an AM3+ Socket or something equal for Intel? Linus and Alex made nice Sleeper videos but I need more a kind of powerful multi tool with more than just RJ45 and USB at the back.
Please don't tell me I should buy a new motherboard and throw an extension card in it. I need all the "good old stuff" like LTP, RS232, Firewire (what is that for? Some weird, strange, disgusting sort of USB and Network connection? xD) , sure RJ45, USB 1.0 (minimum), COM Port, MIDI Port, PS2 Port, etc. When I buy for all of that expansion cards, I will run out off expansion slots on the motherboard...
Please help! What are the latest motherboards of MSI, ASUS, Asrock, etc with FDD connector?