Summary: I would get two EIDE 40 gig ATA 133 7200 RPM less than 9 sec seek time with 8 meg cache and run then in a stripping RAID 0 Array. Then make sure you h...
Summary: Bryan, While I have never used them there are ide to sata converters that are relatively inexpensive to use. http://www.xpcgear.com/ide2sata.html The ...
Summary: Hi, have built my new toy - ASUS P4S800MX mobo and wacked my 5 year old WD EIDE hdd (14gb) in there. everything's fine. would i now benefit - extra s...
Summary: hi well i just went and bought a brand new WD 160 gb SATA drive and well my problem is that well i am doing a freash install of xp on this hard drive ...
Summary: "And I can see the drive from my existing installation of XP on an WD IDE hd. It seems all it takes in my bios is to enable SATA so that I can see it ...
Summary: hi! i'm thinking of putting together a lite, inexpensive computer. i > really < do prefer intel chips, but the AMDs are looking pretty nice too. I ...
Summary: A lot changes depending on whether you plan to overclock. If you do not plan to oc The a7n8x is the best asus amd board, but it has no on board video....
Summary: All IDE, EIDE, and SATA drives are ATA drives - SATA is shorthand for Serial ATA. ATA is shorthand for AT Attachment. The AT comes from IBM AT comput...
Summary: I just bought a PowerSpec 6640 with ATI X200 on-board video, sharing 64MB of RAM. It has a PCI-Exprees slot, and I also bought a GeForce 6200 256MB P...
Summary: Wanted to buy a HDD as present for my son. He now has a 40GB IDE HDD. Two questions: 1) In general, can there be problems using primary / secondary...
Summary: Just the mainboard and the hard drive. Also you might want to get a power supply that has built in SATA power connectors, these are required if you wi...
Summary: Ok. But what is the difference between the EIDE and ATA and RAID and IDE? For the one spec it says: IDE: 2x Ultra ATA 100/66 and 1x EIDE 133/100/66 ...
Summary: PATA is the current hard drive interface that you are familiar with. It has the wide 40/80 wire cable. SATA is the new interface that uses a small cab...
Summary: The other drive still works fine- it just burns really slow. Through CD/games still work fine at full speed. Why get rid of it if it still works- ev...
Summary: I'm looking to add another hard drive to my system. I currently have two eide drives in place. I was wondering if it is possible to add a sata drive ...
Summary: Recently bought new PC (AMD 3200) Found out it has ONLY 1 IDE outlet. Previously i ran 1 x HDD master and 1 x HHD Slave. As well as a DVDRW on the 2nd...
Summary: As far as I know, RAID can only be achieved with SATA disks, not with IDE. IF, there are ATA->SATA converters there would be indeed performance loss, ...
Summary: okay, so i've been wondering for a while what the difference is between DVD+R and DVD-R (also the difference between DVD+RW and DVD-RW, although i alr...
Summary: System boards do come equiped with both IDE and SATA. wich means that you can use both at the same time. I currently have a 200Gb SATA and a 80GB IDE ...
Summary: I am working on a Dell Dimension 8100 for a friend. His computer would not boot and displayed this warning "Windows could not start because the follow...
Summary: I currently have the Sony DVD ROM DDU 1613 and DVD RW DW-D26A drives. I have been having trouble ripping audio books (using either WMP 11 or Audiogra...
Summary: Yes I am using the external power supply, directly to USB port. HDD is definately new, and I have tried a second brand new HDD with the same outcome. ...
Summary: Hello Everybody, I'm trying to find out if I can install Windows XP on and SATA II drive? I just purchased a new Western Digital hard drive to replace...
Summary: Right, when it's not on the board, then it does not shut down. Likewise, if the card is on the board and plugged in, and the CPU is unplugged, it also...
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