R RiGGeR16 Beta member Messages 5 Jun 30, 2004 #1 Hi Guys i have 40Gb and 120Gb 7200rpm Hard Drives and i am planning to upgrade to 64-bit, but the board i am after uses S-ATA (ASUS K8VSE), my query is can i use my IDE HDD's on the S-ATA port or will i have to buy new drives? thanx in advance shaun
Hi Guys i have 40Gb and 120Gb 7200rpm Hard Drives and i am planning to upgrade to 64-bit, but the board i am after uses S-ATA (ASUS K8VSE), my query is can i use my IDE HDD's on the S-ATA port or will i have to buy new drives? thanx in advance shaun
OP OP R RiGGeR16 Beta member Messages 5 Jun 30, 2004 #3 http://www.asus.com/products/mb/socket754/k8vse-d/overview.htm# check out the spec it has raid and S-ATA
http://www.asus.com/products/mb/socket754/k8vse-d/overview.htm# check out the spec it has raid and S-ATA
Z zerozero Daemon Poster Messages 506 Jun 30, 2004 #4 fYou're fine. It has IDE channels (2 at the bottom right. IDE is still present on all MOBO for other peripherals such as DVD, CD-ROM etc....
fYou're fine. It has IDE channels (2 at the bottom right. IDE is still present on all MOBO for other peripherals such as DVD, CD-ROM etc....
OP OP R RiGGeR16 Beta member Messages 5 Jun 30, 2004 #5 so that means i can put me IDE HDD's onto the mobo?
G GameGURU Fully Optimized Messages 3,543 Jun 30, 2004 #6 well, i want to get this board myself and i want to make sure my IDE HD works on it...will it?
B bla!! Daemon Poster Messages 1,118 Location /usr/root/mn/us Jun 30, 2004 #7 Yes, there are 2 IDE ports on this computer for perepherials like CD and DVD drives. It'll probably be quite a while before they phase out the IDE interface. Buy away!!
Yes, there are 2 IDE ports on this computer for perepherials like CD and DVD drives. It'll probably be quite a while before they phase out the IDE interface. Buy away!!
Apokalipse Golden Master Messages 14,559 Location Melbourne, Australia Jun 30, 2004 #8 for Athlon 64's I'd personally reccomend a Gigabyte K8N Pro
OP OP R RiGGeR16 Beta member Messages 5 Jun 30, 2004 #9 ys that m8? can i have ur pros and cons? and possibly a link? cheers
D didi Daemon Poster Messages 826 Jun 30, 2004 #10 I think every new mobo with SATa must have IDE along.