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swinada
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by swinada Tue Mar 07, 2006 6:49 pm
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?
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by UberNeuman Tue Mar 07, 2006 7:33 pm
I'm using two standard IDE drives on a motherboard with SATA built in - and am having no problems.
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by Jim Z Tue Mar 07, 2006 7:44 pm
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.
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by MegaVectra Tue Mar 07, 2006 9:54 pm
I've got both ATA and SATA.
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by RubberDuckie Tue Mar 07, 2006 10:21 pm
I have ATA and SATA on the same mobo.
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by DoPeY5007 Tue Mar 07, 2006 10:24 pm
most people have both on the system. Not many CD roms are SATA yet
swinada
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by swinada Wed Mar 08, 2006 12:44 am
Thanks guys, thats what i figured, but I wanted to make sure before I order anything.
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