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SATA or ATA ?
Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2006 6:49 pm
by swinada
Can i use a regular HDD on a motherboard that is SATA compliant?
http://tw2005.giga-byte.com/MotherBoard ... 1000-G.htm
I would like to reuse my old HDD and maybe later on upgrade to a SATA drive. Am i able to do that?
Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2006 7:33 pm
by UberNeuman
I'm using two standard IDE drives on a motherboard with SATA built in - and am having no problems.
Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2006 7:44 pm
by Jim Z
I would like to reuse my old HDD and maybe later on upgrade to a SATA drive. Am i able to do that?
yep, shouldn't be a problem.
Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2006 9:54 pm
by MegaVectra
I've got both ATA and SATA.
Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2006 10:21 pm
by RubberDuckie
I have ATA and SATA on the same mobo.
Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2006 10:24 pm
by DoPeY5007
most people have both on the system. Not many CD roms are SATA yet
Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2006 12:44 am
by swinada
Thanks guys, thats what i figured, but I wanted to make sure before I order anything.