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02-23-2008, 10:32 AM
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SATA optical drive
Hi all,
I would like to know if I can use a Sata optical drive{DVD writer} on a mobo with Sata 3.0mb/s connections? I would think it would be faster. Thank you all, Evolution1 
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02-23-2008, 10:45 AM
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Hi residentevil,
Welcome to PCMech !!  Yes, you can use it as SATA 3/Mb/s is backward compatible. Will it be faster? No. TR |
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02-23-2008, 06:40 PM
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Does your SATA burner use SATA 1.5?
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Doesn't matter, Alex - all SATA optical drives are IDE with a SATA bridge chip. They don't even run at SATA 1.5 speeds, the fastest I've seen is ATA 66. Even ATA 66 is faster than the drive can read or write mechanically.
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02-24-2008, 10:28 AM
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My mobo (M2N32SLI Deluxe has only one IDE slot. It is occupied by my primary and secondary optical drives. I needed a third DVD-ROM drive and had to opt for a SATA optical . Works well for my purpose. Is the trend in motherboard design directed towards increase use of SATA and less IDE?
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02-24-2008, 10:32 AM
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02-24-2008, 10:33 AM
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02-24-2008, 11:55 AM
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Dell is now using motherboards that have no IDE at all - no LPT, no COM, no PS/2 - they only have SATA and USB.
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02-25-2008, 12:36 PM
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02-25-2008, 04:22 PM
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What do you NEED legacy ports for these days? Keeps it a lot simpler.
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