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ATA/133 HDD on Dimension 8200 with ATA/100 controller

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Anonymous   06-26-2004 at 04:03:57 AM

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Can I buy a 120GB ATA/133 HDD for my Dell Dimension 8200 desktop, which
currently only has an ATA/100 motherboard/controller (Intel 850
motherboard)??

Will it just run as an ATA/100 disk, or will I encounter problems??

Thanks,

Tom

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Anonymous   06-26-2004 at 04:03:58 AM
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It will work fine. The drive is backwards compatible.
"..:: tom parle ::.." <tomparle.nospam@no_junk.hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:uj1Dc.86$kf2.2@newsfe3-gui...
> Can I buy a 120GB ATA/133 HDD for my Dell Dimension 8200 desktop, which
> currently only has an ATA/100 motherboard/controller (Intel 850
> motherboard)??
>
> Will it just run as an ATA/100 disk, or will I encounter problems??
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tom
>
>

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Anonymous   06-26-2004 at 10:41:45 PM
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Tom Scales wrote:
> It will work fine. The drive is backwards compatible.
> "..:: tom parle ::.." <tomparle.nospam@no_junk.hotmail.com> wrote in
> message news:uj1Dc.86$kf2.2@newsfe3-gui...
>> Can I buy a 120GB ATA/133 HDD for my Dell Dimension 8200 desktop,
>> which currently only has an ATA/100 motherboard/controller (Intel 850
>> motherboard)??
>>
>> Will it just run as an ATA/100 disk, or will I encounter problems??
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Tom

Excellent... thanks for the info.

Tom

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