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 Jan 26 2008, 08:22 AM
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I eat EMU's  Group: Supporter Moderator Posts: 4,799 Joined: 4-July 02 From: My BIG ol TURBO-DIESEL Member No.: 2,804 1986 Beater BASE aka BFH  |
Can you run a IDE hard drive and an ATA harddrive on the same computer?
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Jan 26 2008, 11:10 AM
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Master of the rotary universe  Group: Charter Global Moderator Posts: 2,063 Joined: 4-April 02 From: VA Member No.: 728 1988 RX-7 Turbo II, Sunrise Red with Gray Leather |
QUOTE (banzaitoyota @ Jan 26 2008, 12:22 PM)  Can you run a IDE hard drive and an ATA harddrive on the same computer? I'm kind of talking out of my ass here, but I am A+ Certified and have built a few systems. I would say yes, if the motherboard supports both types. I have an IDE hard disk and an SATA DVD-ROM in my box, and that's not really any different. |
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Jan 26 2008, 11:24 AM
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Check the join date Group: Charter Member Posts: 878 Joined: 16-November 01 From: Jersey shore / Philly Member No.: 259 '91 tII |
I was always confused by the naming. I've heard Ultra ATA, which is the same as IDE I think. But SATA is a different connector. Like MR t2 said, if the motherboard has both connectors, it should work.
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Jan 26 2008, 12:20 PM
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I eat EMU's Group: Supporter Moderator Posts: 4,799 Joined: 4-July 02 From: My BIG ol TURBO-DIESEL Member No.: 2,804 1986 Beater BASE aka BFH |
Mother board is capable MSI Platninum
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Jan 26 2008, 12:36 PM
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Master of the rotary universe Group: Charter Global Moderator Posts: 2,063 Joined: 4-April 02 From: VA Member No.: 728 1988 RX-7 Turbo II, Sunrise Red with Gray Leather |
I poked around the web a little. A few people have had trouble, but the consensus is "sure, it'll work". Here's a typical discussion:
http://www.neowin.net/forum/lofiversion/in...hp/t306280.html |
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Jan 26 2008, 02:54 PM
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Administrator  Group: ^Super Administrator Posts: 23,605 Joined: 23-July 01 From: Stuart, FL Member No.: 1 1988 Convertible Rx-7 |
it will work or rather should work, they are usually backward compatible in order to support older drives, even still many of the cd/dvd drives are not sata/uata
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Jan 26 2008, 03:53 PM
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I eat EMU's Group: Supporter Moderator Posts: 4,799 Joined: 4-July 02 From: My BIG ol TURBO-DIESEL Member No.: 2,804 1986 Beater BASE aka BFH |
my DVD r/w is SATA and so is the mobo
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Jan 29 2008, 10:10 AM
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Master of the rotary universe Group: Charter Global Moderator Posts: 2,063 Joined: 4-April 02 From: VA Member No.: 728 1988 RX-7 Turbo II, Sunrise Red with Gray Leather |
QUOTE (banzaitoyota @ Jan 26 2008, 07:53 PM) my DVD r/w is SATA and so is the mobo So? Didja do it? Does it work? Huh? Huh? |
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Jan 29 2008, 10:14 AM
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Administrator Group: ^Super Administrator Posts: 23,605 Joined: 23-July 01 From: Stuart, FL Member No.: 1 1988 Convertible Rx-7 |
it wont hurt anything, either it will work or it wont
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