Summary: I recently purchased a motherboard for a computer I'm building. I have completed it in most regards in that all it needs now is ram. This motherbord I...
Summary: I'm using a sata converter for IDE hd's (maybe it doesn't work the other way around like I'm trying to).. It's just a little black box with a sata out...
Summary: "Also I noticed it only seems to be SCSI that have speeds more than 7200rpm, why?" Because if you put a 15k rpm drive on an ide cable you would get ti...
Summary: Regardless of the RAID level or any differences in drive capacity it's the RAID controller that creates the array. i.e. The Asus A8V deluxe has two on...
Summary: hey i know this has been asked many times and users have suggested just purchasing another ide or sata drive rather than trying to play with both but ...
Summary: Will a AM2 MOBO with SATA HDD connections work with IDE HDD and will my standard CD/DVD roms work in it? Do you have to have a hybrid board or will st...
Summary: Thanks a lot for the input. I will do some research and find one. Would you guys recommend SATA over Ultra IDE? It looks like it is faster but is it...
Summary: Hi, I hope you can help me. I have two existing 40Gb IDE HDDs, set as the 'masters' on IDE channels 1 and 2. The drive on channel 1 is my bootable dri...
Summary: Hi, I am looking for an adapter that will allow me to use my SATA (laptop) harddrive with my IDE (desktop) motherboard. Any suggestions ? But here's m...
Summary: Hopefully someone can help me... I'm trying to install a 320GB Seagate Barracuda ST3320620AS SATA drive onto an existing Windows XP SP2 system with 3...
Summary: SATA is fiddley when installing an O/S. IDE is much easyer, you plug it in and it works. I suppose thats because its been around for quite some time n...
Summary: I recently just bought an HP computer (previously i've always built my own) and it uses sata for the HD. I've never dealt with Sata before this so i'm...
Summary: HAHA, that thing is bull crap. It says my laptop is worth $100AU/$91US, most laptops like mine go for $700 or more second hand. I even got a really go...
Summary: I am building a computer to be a print server for a wide format printer. This printer works best with Win 98SE. I have tried using it with Win XP, b...
Summary: If i have a SATA hard drive plugged into my SATA 1 slot on my MOBO..do i plug my DVD Burner (which is my only other drive) into primary or secondary i...
Summary: Hello all-- I have a 160 GB SATA 150 drive that used to be my primary, two upgrades ago. I'd like to use it for extra storage, but... --My A7N8X mobo ...
Summary: When installing a SATA or an IDE HD, what's the difference? I though it's the samething. But it turns out to be differet, I can't get the SATA HD to w...
Summary: Hi all and thanks for any help i recieve. I have today purchased in error a Maxtor 120 gig 8mb cache hard drive for £60 but me being me did not even ...
Summary: Thanks for your replys, I already knew that when the SATA HD is in the enclosure i wont get the speed of SATA because it will obviosuly be firewire or...
Summary: i need help, is there any difference between the sata, ata, and ide connecters, i am about to get a new harddrive, and does all types of hard drives h...
Summary: Use an Intel board All channels are available(2 SATA and 2 IDE) You have all the best everywhere else, why skimp on the board just to save $40 bucks? ...
Summary: I currently have 2 Western Digital Caviar SE 80 Gb drives on my system (the mobo is an Abit AN7, by the way). Now, I was wondering, which solution wou...
Summary: Right now, I have all my IDE slots filled up. (2 ports, 4 devices) I want to add another harddrive. But I wondered could I have SATA and IDE at the sa...
Summary: Thanks everyone for the replies. I have been busy the past few days, but I'm back now. I don't know what happened to my second post, I guess it got de...
Summary: "I plugged in the sata cable to the black sata 1 slot and windows will not finish booting. It is stuck on the startup window." What do you mean by the...
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