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I built a new computer for my parents and it posted. I set it to run the HDD as SATA rather then IDE. It posted and started the XP install process. While it was going through the motions of prepping for the install, I got an error that said something along the lines of, ''Windows has been shut down to prevent damage to your computer one.'' I ...

mother board: ECS KT600-A processor: AMD Athlon 2200+ memory: 2GB DDR running Windows XP Pro on original IDE hdd bought Samsung 750GB SATA2 753LJ Upon connecting the Samsung drive, before Windows loads from the IDE hard drive, I get a message saying a scan is taking place for the new hard drive or something and to ''Press into ...

Like the others said PATA is old technology, SATA is newer and superior.  If you go SATA, check out the drive.  You want one listed as SATA II (300Mbs transfer), and your motherboard must support this as well.  Data cable must be SATA II rated.  There are some speed enhancements such as NCQ, but you must change settings in your ...

Is the IDE disk drive beter than the SATA? Note that my motherboard supports both and I don't care what type of cord is used... Just want to know if the SATA is the same price becuase it sucks or something...? Samsung SATA: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827151173 LG IDE: ...

I got really excited when the latest blow out sale had a Seagate 320 G Sata HD on sale.  So I purchased it for my PC.  Then I decided that I rather have it for my notebook computer, and went online and purchased the AMS enclosure for the HD, not realizing that it's IDE and not Sata like the HD.  Both of the items were REALLY good ...

I had a harddrive die from too much heat so needed a new drive and wanted to go ahead and get a SATA instead of a ATA. Got the Rosewill  RC-212. Got all installed took a few tries to get the card to see the harddrive finnal did and started the install. It does all fine support they just keep saying the same things I already ...

I have my current one as an ide 7200 rpm hard drive or I could change it to a sata 5400 rpm laptop drive I have layin around. Im kinda new to sata soo which would have a faster boot and over all better performance? Ooh and im dual booting with xp and vista 64 bit if that helps.

just wondered if i can use 2 of the 6 SATA plugs on this EVGA motherboard to place SATA optical DVD Burners and still use raid my intentions are 2 WD 300GB raptors in raid 0 and 2, 1TB HDD so just checking before i dunk all that cash thanks for the reply's and have a great day!

I just got me 3 of these: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136073 And i plan on getting this to connect them to: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816132017  So, 2 questions 1) I have a biostar mobo with a ICH7 south bridge which does not support RAID, this doesnt mean that adding this controller ...

Hey all I have completed my build now. Finally. I will put the link to see pictures of it... http://modshop.net/users/mods-america/rig/blue-hornet There ya go now for specs ill list them.. BLUE HORNET   CHEIFTEC Yellow Dragon Case mid Tower with Acrylic WindowAMD Athlon 64 3200+ Socket 754 Venice 2.2GHz, 512 KB L2ASROCK K8UPGRADE-NF3 ...

I can use an Intel driver?  I don't have to use a Gigabyte driver?  Gigabyte offers SATA/RAID drivers for some of their other mobo's, but for some reason they do not have them available for download for my mobo (GA-G31M-S2L).  If anybody happens to know of a SATA/RAID driver that will work, please post a link. Thanks! In the ...

I have been going crazy with (what I assume is) the SATA/XP problem. I have a Gigabyte GA-G31M-S2L and I am trying to do a clean install of XP Pro SP2 onto an IDE drive (install would reboot suddenly when trying to install onto a SATA hd). Gigabyte does NOT have the SATA/RAID drivers available for this particular board ...

UncleVic: Exception #2: Both Vista SP1 x64 and Windows Server 2008 x64 cannot be installed; they hang early in the boot process with an infinitely repeating small green left-to-right progress bar. Making Progress.. With more ''countless hours trying to troubleshoot'', I determine that the problem is with the JMicron onboard RAID controller ...

I have an ABIT AT8 32X crossfire motherboard, with AMD dual core 2.0, 2 gig OCZ  ddr memory, in a Sonata III 450 watt case, EVA 7900GS PCI-e video, one IDE Pioneer WR and one IDE NEC 3550 DVD WR.  SATA was set to IDE in the BIOS when first installed several months ago. My system has been running fine with Windows XP, SP3 (recently ...

can anyone provide me with some information on what currently available linux sata adapters can handle 1 tb drives?