Upgrading disk and ram qs

[inatey]

i dont understand the difference between s-ata hard disks and what the othertype is... i have a 30 gig ibm hard disk and i want to buy a extra 20 gig disk... i have a gigabite GA-8IEXP mobo will is suport an sata disk? how can i find out?

also with ram will this board suport ddr ram or not?? if u have some ddr and some not ddr will it still work?

 

[preet2u]

SATA (Serial ATA) Harddrives are the new generation of harddrives .. They are faster than current PATA(Parallel ATA ) harddrives.
To Learn More about it go to http://www.directron.com/patasata.html

Ur current motherboard will not support SATA harddrives

Also ur motherboard can take DDR 266 (PC2100) Memory .. Check what type of memory u have installed already .. n' buy the same type of memory

To see the specs of ur motherboard go to http://tw.giga-byte.com/motherboard/products/Products_GA-8IEXP%20(Rev%201.2).htm

Parallel ATA Connectors

Serial ATA Connectors

Parallel & Serial ATA Cables

Peace

 

[inatey]

thanks alot! this is probly a dum q but it is still possible to buy pata disks right???

 

[preet2u]

Yup .. It is very much possible .. they r available everywhere