SATA II Harddisks ?
in [Hardware]
|
Prev: Install win xp over a network
Next: CPU Overheating
From: Skybuck Flying on 3 Jul 2005 09:28 Hi, Can SATA II harddisks be used with SATA I motherboards ? In otherwords are SATA II harddisk backwards compatible with just SATA ? Does this motherboard: Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe support SATA II harddisks ? Would I need an extra controller to connect the harddisks or do I simply connect them directly to the motherboard ? It seems this motherboard can support 8 harddisks ??? What kind of casing is needed for that ?? Bye, Skybuck.
From: Skybuck Flying on 3 Jul 2005 09:36 Actually I just looked at the manual (downloaded it from the website) This is a pretty cool board. I dont know how common it is on other boards... probably common ;) But it also has a primary and secondary ide slot/connector so that old harddisks can be connected as well.. cool ! It also has 4 sata connectors so I guess that is at least room for 6 harddrives ? I am not sure if the sata raid connectors can be used as normal sata connectors ? What if I dont want to use raid ? One last question about this board... What is the default bios version ? I would like to buy/use this board with athlon x2 processor... I dont have any other processors... so flashing the bios is not an option for me ;) Bye, Skybuck. "Skybuck Flying" <nospam(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:... > Hi, > > Can SATA II harddisks be used with SATA I motherboards ? > > In otherwords are SATA II harddisk backwards compatible with just SATA ? > > Does this motherboard: Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe support SATA II harddisks ? > > Would I need an extra controller to connect the harddisks or do I simply > connect them > directly to the motherboard ? > > It seems this motherboard can support 8 harddisks ??? > > What kind of casing is needed for that ?? > > Bye, > Skybuck. > >
From: Christo on 3 Jul 2005 11:12 "Skybuck Flying" <nospam(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:da8ole$12p$1(a)news6.zwoll1.ov.home.nl... > Hi, > > Can SATA II harddisks be used with SATA I motherboards ? > > In otherwords are SATA II harddisk backwards compatible with just SATA ? > > Does this motherboard: Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe support SATA II harddisks ? > > Would I need an extra controller to connect the harddisks or do I simply > connect them > directly to the motherboard ? > > It seems this motherboard can support 8 harddisks ??? > > What kind of casing is needed for that ?? > > Bye, > Skybuck. > > SATA-II hard drives CAN be plugged into older SATA slots, they obviously wont go at the 3 Gbps of SATA II there are IDE controllers on all boards for the CD-ROM drives there are 4 SATA connectors on your board, this means you can have 4 SATA hard drives (or SATA II) you could stick 4 hard drives on the two IDE channels you might want to keep one channel for cd-rom and dvd though so you could have 8 hard drives if you used all of the possible connectors, but 6 if you used one IDE channel for optical drives. if you want to use RAID it doesn't change anything, still 4 SATA hard drives or SATA II hard drives and setup a RAID amongst them hope this helps Christo
From: Mark A on 3 Jul 2005 11:18 "Skybuck Flying" <nospam(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:da8p45$tur$1(a)news5.zwoll1.ov.home.nl... > > It also has 4 sata connectors so I guess that is at least room for 6 > harddrives ? Each IDE connector can handle 2 drives (master and slave). > I am not sure if the sata raid connectors can be used as normal sata > connectors ? They are not RAID connectors, the are SATA connectors. RAID is a configuration, not a drive connection type. > What if I dont want to use raid ? No problem. > One last question about this board... > > What is the default bios version ? I would like to buy/use this board with > athlon x2 processor... I dont have any other processors... so flashing the > bios is not an option for me ;) If you want the X2 you need to purchase the board and CPU from a reatiler that will flash the bios with the lastest version or you will be dead in the water.Moarch Computer is one vendor who will do this if you ask them to. http://www.monarchcomputer.com
From: Skybuck Flying on 3 Jul 2005 13:54
"Christo" <chrisNO-SPAM(a)NO-SPAMjuststuff.co.uk> wrote in message news:da8v9h$cvg$1(a)nwrdmz02.dmz.ncs.ea.ibs-infra.bt.com... > > "Skybuck Flying" <nospam(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:da8ole$12p$1(a)news6.zwoll1.ov.home.nl... > > Hi, > > > > Can SATA II harddisks be used with SATA I motherboards ? > > > > In otherwords are SATA II harddisk backwards compatible with just SATA ? > > > > Does this motherboard: Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe support SATA II harddisks ? > > > > Would I need an extra controller to connect the harddisks or do I simply > > connect them > > directly to the motherboard ? > > > > It seems this motherboard can support 8 harddisks ??? > > > > What kind of casing is needed for that ?? > > > > Bye, > > Skybuck. > > > > > > SATA-II hard drives CAN be plugged into older SATA slots, they obviously > wont go at the 3 Gbps of SATA II > > there are IDE controllers on all boards for the CD-ROM drives > > there are 4 SATA connectors on your board, this means you can have 4 SATA > hard drives (or SATA II) > > you could stick 4 hard drives on the two IDE channels > > you might want to keep one channel for cd-rom and dvd though > > so you could have 8 hard drives if you used all of the possible connectors, > but 6 if you used one IDE channel for optical drives. > > if you want to use RAID it doesn't change anything, still 4 SATA hard drives > or SATA II hard drives and setup a RAID amongst them Hmm I have a good question :) Is it possible to use the 4 raid connectors and the 4 sata connectors at the same time ? :) If (probably) not, then the question is why not ? If it was possible that would mean 4 drives for raid plus 4 sata drives plus 4 ide drivers... 12 drives seems a bit too much hehehehe. (not to mention possible expansion cards and maybe even sata cables which could connect two drives like ide ??? ) Bye, Skybuck. |