will an ide hd work on an asus a7n8x deluxe?

[wasp]

i think i may have missed something picking my parts, heres the hd

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822144126


and heres the board

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...2E16813131478R

fixed =)


lol, i must have got the last one , mine wasnt refurbed, anyways i dont see anything on the board specs about ide , just says pata, sata.........did i goof?

[Cricket]

Both your links go to the same Western Digital hard drive.

Cricket

[Panama Red]

You've posted the same link twice. And yes, your mobo selection with accept PATA (which is what you mean by IDE) hard drives. PATA and SATA (Paralell and Serial) are both IDE.

[wasp]

oh boy , sorry bout that guys, so is that hard drive neither pata or sata? it says ata100

[Panama Red]

I'ts a PATA (or ide as you called it) hdd as opposed to SATA. You realize, of course, that you can buy an 80Gb drive for nearly the same money? Better yet, spend a little extra and get a Seagate with a 5 year warranty.

[wasp]

hehe, im getting alot of those "you realize " from different people, this is my first build, i started a year ago but got sidetracked, so i had the athlon 2400+ and the case on a shelf for that period of time, didnt want the cpu to go to waste so i just went with the parts list i had compiled at that time.........seems socket a is almost done, i wont be able to upgrade the cpu,im sure ill make more mistakes but im also sure ill be happy for a year maybe more with this build....................all of the parts will be here thurs so the seagate isnt an option at this point, anyways how would the warranty help out ? granted you can probably get it replaced but youll still lose everything if it craps out no?

[Panama Red]

Yup, a dead hard drive doesn't care what brand it is. Lost data is lost data. And, FWIW, Socket A can be considered "done". AMD ceased production a while back.

[Marke522]

you'll still lose everything if it craps out, no?

I would suggest getting a DVD+/-RW and putting all valuable files onto discs. Then if your drive does go capluey, you'll still have all your favorite music, photos, videos, and downloads. Also, you could just get another drive, use one for the operating system, and one for the stuff you want to keep. I use WD Caviars, and I've never had one go bad on me yet, I know that other people have, but so far I've been lukcy I guess.