1 x SATA2 connector (based on PCI E SATA2 controller JMB360.does this mean i need to buy something or can i connect sata 11 right to hard drive.also a 10/100 fast ethernet is real slow right?i have to buy a 10\100\1000 fast eithernet card to run cable modem right?
If you have a SATA and not an EIDE hard drive, then you can plug the SATA2 controller right into your hard drive. While the gigabit (1000) ethernet connection is preferable if you are setting up a LAN, most broadband systems don't even have download speeds faster than 10mbits, so you really won't see any noticeable performance difference between a 10/ 100 fast ethernet or a 10/100/1000 fast ethernet connection if you are just downloading from the 'net.
thanks,this was a buget board so i wanted to make sure i can still play games fine on the net.thanks this is what im building,it should work fine right? thermaltake tsunami dream case\side window\all aluminum 1 x 250 sata 3 gb hd[probably buy another later to put in raid 0] 2xdvd\cdrom burns dru810a sony[got a great deal on two] anthlon 64 3700+ san diego[1mb cache] asrock 939-sata 2 motherboard[because the board has pci-e and agp] x-fi fatal1ty sound card[creative labs] 6800gt bfg overclocked agp ocz el platinium 2 x 512 duel channel ram timings 2225 is this going to be fast enough to run games now?. i have now emachines t2825 anthlon xp 2800+ 768 dual channel mem + same 6800gt agp video.this pc lags so bad.will this new pc smoke the other one.i hope it will.spented about a $1000 usd to build new pc.hope it good enough
it does got it yesterday.the board rocks.asrock 939-sata2 the board is sweet.wont run old 3.3 volts agp video cards only 1.5 volt agp video cards and it has sata 11 awesome.you have to check with manu to see if your card is 1.5 volts mine is 6800gt bfg overclocked w\silencer and artic silver 5.hope this helps
thanks for answering.is that a good one?the sata connectors are at the bottom of the board on the left.they are telling me at asrock that the red thing in the middle bottom is the sata 2 connector there are no pins there.do i have to get something to make it sata 2 so i connect it.i was reading the specs and it says something about the sata 2 going through the pci-e 1 slot.dont really understand.so am i stuck with sata 150?.i got a wd 250gb 16mb cache sata 3.0 hard drive i want to connect to this board
oh so all i need is the sata cable .what is that red piece in the middle bottum of the motherboard is that where the sata 2 is?[thats what changes sata 1.5 to sata 3.o]but it connect to the pins on the bottum left with a sata cable.they came with motherboard but the manual was confussing me thanks ddp sata `1.5 and sata 3.0 are different cables?thanks ill look into that
im sorry i meant sata 2 3.0 transfer speed instead of 1.5.i was reading the manual from the link you posted and they keep refering to sata 2 like its in the board but you have to get a controller and plug it in to the pci-e 1 slot if you want sata 2 transfer rates.am i right?is there such a thing?it seems to me if i plug in the sata cable to the sata connectors on the board i will only get a 1.5 transfer rate.am i right?thats what im confussed about.on this asrock motherboard you need to go buy a sata 2 controller for the pci-e 1 slot or you wont get the 300 transfer rate.am i right?im so green at this never built a pc ever.thanks for the help
according to the manual, you connect the sata cable to the sata 2 connector as don't need pci/e card as built into motherboard.
im so stupid.theres some sort of plastic cover on top of where the sata 2 goes.i took it off now i see the sata 2 connect,connects right up.now i make sure everything is connected right.and change the bios to start on cdrom and install windows right?what about bios updates do them after or before windows?i have to reflash with asrocks udated flash and a whole bunch of drivers[do the drivers go in after windows?someone told me that.thanks for the help i feel like an idiot.is there usaually covers over the sata 2 connectors?
if using the sata 2 drive as windows drive than have drivers for the sata ready when xp asks for 3rd party drivers. does the board have a problem for the reason to update bios program?
yes it needs new driver updates for 7 different drivers[agp xp,usb xp,lan xp,audio xp,sata,sata 2,cpu xp]and the bios itself is bad they say needs to be reflashed.i guess the xp was screwed up in the board so they revised it.should i reflash the bios first?then how do i get the drivers to install?do i burn them on a cdrom or do i put each zip file on a floppy?[thats like 7 floppies.or do i unzip every file and put it on a floppy or cdrom?.will windows xp pro let me do that.i didnt go with x64 windows cause all over the forums everyone one was saying that alot of drivers are missing,i didnt want to chance that.thanks for helping me out first build a little nervous.so far everything is going good.got everything together ready to insall windows or flash but im checking here first so i dont screw something up before i power it up.i read the manual told me to f2 first and set bios,but i think i have to flash first right?then what
try flashing 1st but if needs to do that online than will have to install windows 1st. the only driver you need to worry about at 1st when loading xp is the sata driver, see how big the file is & if can fit onto floppy or not.
thanks i downloaded already.going to put on floppy.the flash is only 256 kb plus the awdflash,should i add a boot disc to the flash when i make it on floppy?and the sata 2 is 716 kb now thats the jmicron driver that drives the sata 2,should i also install the sata driver itself that driver is 2,350 kb they should all fit on seperate floppies right?am i getting it so far,also should all files be unzip and placed on floppy?thanks alot i really appriciate it
i am putting win xp pro on hard drive.i make a xp boot disk and add flash bios and flash,right? just the bios flash?thanks man,ill let you know how im doing after you answer.hopefully the install goes great. 1.i want to make boot disk for bios flash and then flash bios 2.i want to make sata driver disk so im ready for 3rd party drivers 3. is there another part of windows that lets me update regular drivers like usb,agp,ethernet,etc or is that the same part? 4.install windows and update thats it, right?cut and dry right?if thats it thank you so much.ill write back if i have problems...thanks again buddy
