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SATA vs. ATA motherboard
Name: drew Date: January 6, 2003 at 16:02:29 Pacific OS: ME CPU/Ram: P3 upgrading
Comment:
I want to upgrade my PC, starting with a new motherboard. Will the following support my current ATA/100 hard drives and things?
SATA/SATA RAID Sil 3112A controller supporting individual drives and RAID 0 and RAID 1 configurations. Two SATA connectors supporting a total of two drives
http://www.intel.com/design/motherbd/bt2/index.htm - this is the board I want to purchase. Any feedback would be great. Thank you!
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old tandy 1000tx
