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ATA HD on UDMA Chipset?
Name: Matt Date: November 1, 2003 at 02:58:09 Pacific OS: na CPU/Ram: na
Comment:
Hi,
Could someone please tell me if it is wise to buy a ATA 133 Hard disk to fit on a board that has a chipset that supports UDMA (Pentium 3, Aopen MX6bez Chipset)?
Just thinking, while I buy an expensive hd, if possible, may be better to buy a later technology hd, then I can use it in a new system if I build a new one etc?...
Name: JackG Date: November 1, 2003 at 03:36:55 Pacific
Reply:
Sounds like a good idea. I was buying ATA-100 drives for my old ATA-66 system board.
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Response Number 2
Name: Stuart Date: November 1, 2003 at 05:02:28 Pacific
Reply:
ATA - UDMA different names of the same thing.
Stuart
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Response Number 3
Name: rac Date: November 1, 2003 at 05:12:34 Pacific
Reply:
Technically, ATA (ATAPI) is the name for overriding standard for drives, of which UDMA is but one of the elements. But, as Stuart points out, the terms tend to get used interchangeably in ads and manufactures' blurbs.
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Response Number 4
Name: matt Date: November 1, 2003 at 08:59:01 Pacific
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