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11-29-2004, 09:28 PM
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ATA 66 drive
This may be a lame question but I've got an older MB that supports UDMA/66 hard drives and I'm going to upgrade. Can I purchase an ATA 100 drive and still have compatability or do I have to stick with ATA 66? Thanks
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11-29-2004, 09:31 PM
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the drive will work but at the ata 66 speed.
I would buy a pci controller card and connect the hard drive to it and you will have the full speed of the drive. if you feel its sluggesh |
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11-29-2004, 11:09 PM
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You will never notice the difference. Just put an ATA100 or ATA133 hard drive on your onboard controller with an 80 wire Ultra ATA cable.
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11-30-2004, 06:56 PM
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[QUOTE=Youofelfan]This may be a lame question but I've got an older MB that supports UDMA/66 hard drives and I'm going to upgrade. Can I purchase an ATA 100 drive and still have compatability or do I have to stick with ATA 66? Thanks[/QUOTE
Thanks for your help. I figured I'd lose speed but I'm going to use it as a server and speed's not going to be that important. As long as it works. |
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