hey guys...I know very little about the different interfaces for HD's, but I want to get a new hard drive for my desktop and I figure that it should be SATA, as that seems to be what everything is moving toward. The problem is that my mobo does not support SATA (at least I don't think it does). I realize that this means I will need to get a SATA card. But that's where I run into some questions. The main one is this: if I want to keep my old 80gb IDE drive hooked up alongside a new SATA drive, does the SATA card I purchase need to specifically support both? Is that necessary, or would the IDE drive stay connected to mobo and SATA to the card? Any help would be much appreciated.
hd stays on the motherboard & sata goes to the card. what is the make & model# of your computer or motherboard?
man, thanks so much for the quick response. the motherboard is an AsRock K7S8XE. here's the link to its technical info: http://www.asrock.com.tw/product/product_k7s8xe.htm do you have any advice for picking out a SATA card? i don't know what the differences between them are or what to look for. I'm planning on having one of my old WD800JB's connected and replacing one with a 250gb SATA drive. Thanks a lot.
checked the specs on your link & appears to be no onboard sata connectors. check the promise controller cards & also need power adapter cable if your psu does not have to supply power to the sata drive from the psu.
thanks...how do I know if my power supply will be able to supply power to the SATA drive? also, do you think it would be a better idea to just upgrade my mobo, instead of buying a SATA card?
see if can find a board with socket 462 to handle your cpu that has sata on it. if not than might have to upgrade cpu too to get sata type board. if asking if psu has enough power to also do sata than check these links & add 30% to the total. http://www.jscustompcs.com/power_supply/Power_Supply_Calculator.php?cmd=INTEL http://www.extreme.outervision.com/index.jsp
great...i'll check out those links. and, yeah, i've found several mobos on newegg that support my CPU and have SATA. If it's ok with you, I might run a couple of them by you before I buy. thanks so much for your help.
what about between these two mobo options? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813127179 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813157072 will it be difficult to upgrade because neither uses the same chipset as I currently have? does that matter?
go with the ist board as fsb is same as yours & can handle 4gig of ram. might have a problem with xp so go into safemode to uninstall all old board drivers so than windows can load new drivers. this works sometimes but maybe not all the time so safe your info before changing motherboard.
ok ddp, i've now acquired the new mobo and hard drive and I'm getting ready to install them. however, i was wondering if you would mind giving me more detailed instructions as to how i should proceed. for instance, what do you mean by saving my info before i try installing the new mobo? what info do i need to save and how? also, what configuration would you suggest with my new board and hard drives? I'll now have 2 80gb WD's and a 250gb (SATA) Seagate. Should I try to set up a RAID configuration or what? Thanks a lot for all of your help.
