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Post subject: 3 Hard Drives  Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 9:45 pm |
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Hey all i was just wondering if the following is possible.
Have two hard drives both IDE.
Then have one SATA drive also.
If so is there anything i would need to do to configure it?
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Post subject: Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 9:52 pm |
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depends on the controller on your motherboard, have a check in the bios, but i would say yes, i have had the same setup when i moved to sata
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Post subject: Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 10:00 pm |
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Well ive got two sata connectors on the mobo and two ide's so i thought just a case of putting the two ide's as slaves and the sata as a master?
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Post subject: Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 10:07 pm |
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The master/slave thing only occurs on IDE channels 
You can either have the IDE drives on one channel and master/slave, plus the SATA drive on it's own port.
Or, stick one IDE drive onto each IDE channel, and have the CD/DVDs etc as slaves, again the SATA drive is on its own port.
You may need to check the boot order in the BIOS, depending if you want to boot from SATA or IDE
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Post subject: Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 11:37 pm |
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Il order the sata drive tommorow and when it comes il give it a go, sounds like it can be done then so il hopefully get it
Thanks
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2007 12:13 am |
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DO NOT slave the CD-ROMs off of the HDDs as you'll slow the HDD transfer rate down to CD speeds when they're active 
Read your motherboard manual to see if you can mix IDE & SATA drives, although most boards can  _________________  The Pancreas of S.T.F.U. | Never take life too seriously - nobody gets out alive anyway. Disco_jim: um..... I have no excuse. | Chips: Thank the Beef | Rev Dr: Beef, I think i wee'd a little
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2007 12:48 am |
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So basicly i can just keep my setup as it is and then connect up the sata?
Do the jumpers on the hdd's need configured?
Edit: Oh yeah im planning on using the sata drive as my first boot.
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2007 12:54 am |
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Stealth wrote: So basicly i can just keep my setup as it is and then connect up the sata?
Do the jumpers on the hdd's need configured?
Edit: Oh yeah im planning on using the sata drive as my first boot. Jumpers you can leave the way they are.
I guess you currently boot from your IDE drive(s). This is probably an option in your BIOS. It will be set to boot from IDE. You'll have to change that to SATA or RAID-SATA or something similiar to that when you've connected your SATA drive to boot from it.
The motherboard manual should have some info on that. Might be handy to post what kind of motherboard you have btw
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2007 1:07 am |
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My motherboard is.
ASRock K7VT6.
Now that i look at it, its kinda pants  
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 7:56 pm |
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Um, if it's this board - hxxp://www.asrock.com/mb/overview.asp?Model=K7VT6-C - it doesn't have SATA ports  _________________ The Pancreas of S.T.F.U. | Never take life too seriously - nobody gets out alive anyway. Disco_jim: um..... I have no excuse. | Chips: Thank the Beef | Rev Dr: Beef, I think i wee'd a little
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 8:01 pm |
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I deff do have sata ports, seen them before and i even got sata cables with my mobo book.
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Post subject: yeah Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 8:11 pm |
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Post subject: Re: yeah Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 8:15 pm |
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happyslappy wrote: my cocks hard for the right lady
So whos that then slap? 
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Post subject: Re: yeah Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 11:15 pm |
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happyslappy wrote: my cocks hard for the right lady
orly? i can be anything you want
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