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HD help !
Name: noob Date: June 30, 2005 at 21:53:52 Pacific OS: xp pro CPU/Ram: 1.6 ghz
Comment:
I have the following system: AMD Athlon xp 2000+ 1.6GHz, 384 MB of ram, 19 gig HD.
I want to buy a new hard drive because my current one is full. any tips on buting a hard drive?? and what is SATA and IDE?? can my motherbord Support sata when it can Support ide ?
Name: Rich Mentzel Date: June 30, 2005 at 23:20:57 Pacific
Reply:
Your motherboard can support sata if it has sata onboard. Best way we can answer this is to know what your motherboard is?
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Response Number 2
Name: Sandor Date: July 1, 2005 at 06:19:08 Pacific
Reply:
In any case, even if your motherboard does NOT have a Serial ATA Controller, you can install a Serial ATA PCI Controller Card into an available (open) PCI slot.
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