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More info?)
If the motherboard does not natively support SATA drives, you can always add
a SATA PCI controller.
"Jon_Hildrum" <Jon_Hildrum@amsn.com> wrote in message
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> Think you better stay with ATA. (or PATA).
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> It does not look like that motherboard supports SATA.
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http://usa.asus.com/prog/spec.asp?m=A7A266-E&langs=09
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> Jon Hildrum
> DTS MVP
> Jon_Hildrum@msn.com
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> "Terry Pinnell" <terrypinDELETE@THESEdial.pipex.com> wrote in message
> news:ca7fd1lilj2uvh4kmbs3qet6as8bb84d2p@4ax.com...
>> Michael Cecil <macecil@comcast.net> wrote:
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>>>On Fri, 15 Jul 2005 13:32:22 +0500, "yurishka"
>>><yurishka@public.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>Terry,
>>>>
>>>>SATA is faster than ATA, at present SATA can transfer 150MB /s, while
>>>>ATA
>>>>can transfer 133MB /s.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>"Terry Pinnell" <terrypinDELETE@THESEdial.pipex.com> wrote in message
>>>>news:d1sed1hagu50fqvbide6iq1of6bchjg1nm@4ax.com...
>>>>>I have two identical HDs at present on my AMD Athlon XP1800, 512MB.
>>>>> Both are '60GB 7200rpm MAXTOR 6L060J3 UDMA-133 EIDE with 2MB buffer'.
>>>>> I'm looking for a new 200 GB HD, but there appear to be two types: ATA
>>>>> and SATA (Serial Advanced Technology Attachment). How can I establish
>>>>> beyond any doubt which I need please?
>>>
>>>Irrelevant. Neither type of drive can sustain that transfer rate. Terry
>>>needs to find out if his motherboard supports SATA. If it does he can
>>>get
>>>a PATA (or ATA as he calls it) drive or a SATA drive, otherwise just a
>>>PATA drive. Also, remember to enable 48bit support if you want to use
>>>the
>>>new drive as just one big partition. http://www.48bitlba.com/
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>> Thanks. I'll have to check to be 100% sure, but I reckon this PC
>> doesn't support SATA. FWIW, my m/b = ASUS A7A266-E, BIOS = Award
>> Software with ASUS A7A266-E ACPI BIOS v 1009, System Chipset = M1647
>> ALiMAGiK 1 AGP System Controller.
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>> Unless I'm going to actually see any of that extra potential speed of
>> an SATA type, I reckon I'll probably go for a 'MAXTOR 200GB HARD DRIVE
>> 7200RPM DiamondMax Plus 10 ATA-133 Average Seek Time 9.4 ms'. Does
>> that sound OK to you?
>>
>> --
>> Terry, West Sussex, UK
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