ide/sata confusion

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I am using a Mobo of Intels (D925XCV)
This board has just 1 IDE connector and 4 SATA connectors so the ide will
take 2 hard drives/CD/DVDs etc so does that mean i can only plug in 2 SATA
drives? thereby having just 4 drives? i dont want to use RAID.
I must say the Manual for this board is of no help at all in setting up!
Just WHAT is the bottom line with an IDE/SATA? in the number of drives
supported?
The way i see it is that although i have 6 connections available (2xIDE +
4 SATA) in a non raid system (WIN XP PRO) i can only use 4 and if i have 2
DVD/CD drives on the IDE then ihave just the sata for h/drives.

Len

When you were born, you were crying and everyone around you was smiling.
Live your life so that when you die, you're the one who is smiling and
everyone around you is crying.

 

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You can use all six. The ide- master/slave and each of the SATA connections
is a separate drive controller
"Lenh" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
news:A0IKd.13290$v8.6903@fe2.news.blueyonder.co.uk...
>I am using a Mobo of Intels (D925XCV)
> This board has just 1 IDE connector and 4 SATA connectors so the ide will
> take 2 hard drives/CD/DVDs etc so does that mean i can only plug in 2
> SATA
> drives? thereby having just 4 drives? i dont want to use RAID.
> I must say the Manual for this board is of no help at all in setting up!
> Just WHAT is the bottom line with an IDE/SATA? in the number of drives
> supported?
> The way i see it is that although i have 6 connections available (2xIDE
> +
> 4 SATA) in a non raid system (WIN XP PRO) i can only use 4 and if i have 2
> DVD/CD drives on the IDE then ihave just the sata for h/drives.
>
> Len
>
> When you were born, you were crying and everyone around you was smiling.
> Live your life so that when you die, you're the one who is smiling and
> everyone around you is crying.
>
>

 

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The SATA's are individual channels, whether you use them in a raid or not is
your choice
"RBM" <rmottola1(remove this)@optonline.net> wrote in message
newsgMKd.39140$3F3.951@fe09.lga...
> You can use all six. The ide- master/slave and each of the SATA
> connections is a separate drive controller
> "Lenh" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
> news:A0IKd.13290$v8.6903@fe2.news.blueyonder.co.uk...
>>I am using a Mobo of Intels (D925XCV)
>> This board has just 1 IDE connector and 4 SATA connectors so the ide will
>> take 2 hard drives/CD/DVDs etc so does that mean i can only plug in 2
>> SATA
>> drives? thereby having just 4 drives? i dont want to use RAID.
>> I must say the Manual for this board is of no help at all in setting up!
>> Just WHAT is the bottom line with an IDE/SATA? in the number of drives
>> supported?
>> The way i see it is that although i have 6 connections available (2xIDE
>> +
>> 4 SATA) in a non raid system (WIN XP PRO) i can only use 4 and if i have
>> 2
>> DVD/CD drives on the IDE then ihave just the sata for h/drives.
>>
>> Len
>>
>> When you were born, you were crying and everyone around you was smiling.
>> Live your life so that when you die, you're the one who is smiling and
>> everyone around you is crying.
>>
>>
>
>

 

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Many thanks! i have been trying all over to try and find the answer to that
)

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Old Grizzly
When you were born, you were crying and everyone around you was smiling.
Live your life so that when you die, you're the one who is smiling and
everyone around you is crying.
"RBM" <rmottola1(remove this)@optonline.net> wrote in message
news:9kMKd.39142$lA3.32098@fe09.lga...
> The SATA's are individual channels, whether you use them in a raid or not
is
> your choice
> "RBM" <rmottola1(remove this)@optonline.net> wrote in message
> newsgMKd.39140$3F3.951@fe09.lga...
> > You can use all six. The ide- master/slave and each of the SATA
> > connections is a separate drive controller
> > "Lenh" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
> > news:A0IKd.13290$v8.6903@fe2.news.blueyonder.co.uk...
> >>I am using a Mobo of Intels (D925XCV)
> >> This board has just 1 IDE connector and 4 SATA connectors so the ide
will
> >> take 2 hard drives/CD/DVDs etc so does that mean i can only plug in 2
> >> SATA
> >> drives? thereby having just 4 drives? i dont want to use RAID.
> >> I must say the Manual for this board is of no help at all in setting
up!
> >> Just WHAT is the bottom line with an IDE/SATA? in the number of drives
> >> supported?
> >> The way i see it is that although i have 6 connections available
(2xIDE
> >> +
> >> 4 SATA) in a non raid system (WIN XP PRO) i can only use 4 and if i
have
> >> 2
> >> DVD/CD drives on the IDE then ihave just the sata for h/drives.
> >>
> >> Len
> >>
> >> When you were born, you were crying and everyone around you was
smiling.
> >> Live your life so that when you die, you're the one who is smiling
and
> >> everyone around you is crying.
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>

 

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Yes, it's easier than you think. I just added a 200GB SATA drive to
an existing system with 2 PATA drives and 2 CD/DVD players. Just make
sure the SATA controller is enabled, install the drivers for it, and
then hook up a SATA drive. Go to Win2k/XP's disk manager and
"initialize" and format the drive.


On Sat, 29 Jan 2005 15:31:43 GMT, "Lenh" <me@privacy.net> wrote:

>Many thanks! i have been trying all over to try and find the answer to that
>)