can i use my old HD with a new sata motherboard?

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  1. DJjason

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    i plan on upgrading some of the internals of my pc i.e. M/B, graphics card, ram, cpu. But i wish to use my old cd & dvd drives and 2*hard drives. can i simply just plug my old ribbon cables into a sata board? or will i have to buy another two sata drives?
     
    DJjason, Jul 21, 2006
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  2. elokito

    elokito Regular member

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    no it wont fit but every motherboard that has sata also has ata (so u could put ure old hd in too)
     
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    well it depends on your new motherbard, if it has 2 IDE channels, then you can use all 4 devices. but some newer motherboards have only 1 IDE channel, in which case, you'll only be able to use 2 of your 4 devices.
     
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    Dunker, Jul 22, 2006
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  5. DJjason

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    cool thanks guys. the mother board im looking at says its got
    4 x Serial-ATA 3Gb/s interface

    2 Ultra ATA133 Connectors from GigaRAID controller

    So i should be able to hooks these up through the 2 ultra ATA's right?
     
    DJjason, Jul 22, 2006
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    yes
     
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