Nomenclature question: I'm out of touch with terminology. Do some motherboards allow both EIDE and SATA Hard Drives? OR, do some allow both ATA and SATA? If so, which ones, or perhaps more appropriately, which manufacturer?
Here's the question from a friend:
I've got a 300GB ATA/100 hard drive. It seems then, that I
should want to stick with ATA for my second hard drive rather than
moving to SATA. Perhaps the only advantage to this, if it's an
advantage, is the ability to use the same cable for both hard
drives. Since ATA only allows processing of one operation at a
time, however, perhaps it would actually be advantageous to have
each hdd on its own cable anyway.
Do most motherboards come with both ATA and SATA connectors these
days? If so, then maybe it doesn't really matter which my second
hard drive uses.
If I stick with ATA, is there any reason not to make the second hdd
ATA/300?
Here's the question from a friend:
I've got a 300GB ATA/100 hard drive. It seems then, that I
should want to stick with ATA for my second hard drive rather than
moving to SATA. Perhaps the only advantage to this, if it's an
advantage, is the ability to use the same cable for both hard
drives. Since ATA only allows processing of one operation at a
time, however, perhaps it would actually be advantageous to have
each hdd on its own cable anyway.
Do most motherboards come with both ATA and SATA connectors these
days? If so, then maybe it doesn't really matter which my second
hard drive uses.
If I stick with ATA, is there any reason not to make the second hdd
ATA/300?
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