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dakine`
June 17th, 2006, 02:29 PM
I am wondering about Serial ATA 133 and Ultra ATA 300 and ide etc etc etc. I dont know what these mean, more specifically I need a new hard drive. I probabally want a 160. No less, maybe a bit More I dont want to spend to much. And it need to come from a Canadian website. IE: www.NCIX.com www.tigerdirect.ca www.canadacomputers.com

Thanks for your help guys.

All links are in CAD
How is this?

http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=18409&vpn=ST3320620AS&manufacture=Seagate
Janus
June 17th, 2006, 03:32 PM
do you have a Serial ATA supported motherboard? If you do then the hard drive you selected is fine.

A serial ATA port on a motherboard looks like this:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/29/SATA_ports.jpg/180px-SATA_ports.jpg
taken from:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SATA
dakine`
June 17th, 2006, 04:24 PM
I have a7n8x-e from a couple years ago im not sure if it supports it. But price wise is it a good deal?
thrash_head
June 17th, 2006, 04:26 PM
Price wise, its a great deal. But you better check and see if your motherboard supports SATA 1.5 or more... Or you will have a big hard drive and no way to use it.
unfy
June 17th, 2006, 04:26 PM
Get a raptor, I got one last week they are fast!
Dave
June 17th, 2006, 07:59 PM
The a7n8x delux has SATA ports, so I'm going to guess the "E" verision does as well.
dakine`
June 17th, 2006, 08:55 PM
Thanks dave.
Dave
June 18th, 2006, 12:46 AM
Thanks dave.

Check anyway! I don't want to be than one that screws you up.
Smeg
June 18th, 2006, 12:27 PM
linky (http://www.shopping.com/xGS-ASUS_A7N8X-E_Deluxe_(a7n8x-e-deluxe)_Motherboard;jsessionid=CE814B31C770A7F2007 ECBEE406653BB?redir=1)

Storage Controller Type(s) Serial ATA x 2, DMA/ATA-133 (Ultra) x 2

You should be OK with that drive but you won't get full performance out of it.
It's a SATA2 drive and you have a first gen SATA MB.

But it should work, someone correct me if I'm wrong..
dakine`
June 18th, 2006, 08:18 PM
linky (http://www.shopping.com/xGS-ASUS_A7N8X-E_Deluxe_(a7n8x-e-deluxe)_Motherboard;jsessionid=CE814B31C770A7F2007 ECBEE406653BB?redir=1)



You should be OK with that drive but you won't get full performance out of it.
It's a SATA2 drive and you have a first gen SATA MB.

But it should work, someone correct me if I'm wrong..


Anyone verify this? Janus? Don't worry I still have about 6 days before I can order it because the funds are just going into my paypal account now.
Nine
June 18th, 2006, 08:23 PM
Last I saw SATA2 drives were backwards compatible.
Janus
June 18th, 2006, 08:56 PM
should be backwards compatible, they all are AFAIK.

Q:Will my new SATA-II drive work on my SATA-1 controller (and vice versa)?

SATA-II drives are backwards compatible with SATA-1 controllers (and vice versa, SATA-II controllers are backwards compatible with SATA1 drives).

NOTE: Some 3Gbp/s SATA-II drives require a jumper setting to force them to run at 1.5Gbp/s or else some issues may arise. Some owners of 3.0Gbp/s drives may experience problems however as some older 'SATA-II' drives (when 'SATA-II' was first released) require a firmware flash of their drive (in which case the manufacturer will need to be contacted). These issues arose as a result of manufacturer's bridging chip and firmware conflicts.
thrash_head
June 20th, 2006, 10:01 PM
Yeah on a Socket 478 mobo i just bought a few weeks ago, i had to set the jumper to get it to work. But after that it was awesome.
dakine`
July 1st, 2006, 11:43 AM
How do I set the jumper?
adamantium
July 1st, 2006, 12:14 PM
If it's by itself, set it to master, otherwise set it to slave. Unless you're using it as the main hdd and the other one as the second, then it's vice versa.
dakine`
July 1st, 2006, 12:47 PM
oh lol alright, well patience has paid off and I got a 15 or 20 dollar off special right now so it came to around 130$ CAD with insurance
thrash_head
July 1st, 2006, 01:53 PM
No, You have to set another jumper other then the Master/Slave. If you look on the hard drive, it will have a diagram of how it should look if you need it to be SATA 1.
adamantium
July 1st, 2006, 10:13 PM
Oh, shit, I didn't even really read the thread. Sorry, don't listen to me. I had no idea you were talking about running it at 1.5mb/s. :(
dakine`
July 5th, 2006, 03:34 PM
So it arrives, and here I am, confused as to what to do so.. I try my best and disconnect one of my dvd roms I rarely use (because there werent enough power "ports") I get that all connected then I attach a SATA port with a cord I had from the original mobo box. And thats it. I need help setting up up with either my "jumper block thingy magicgy" OR/AND help setting it up in my bios (It only shows auto detect IDE) so I dont know where the SATA is. If any of you guys here want to help me out ill be in #thecatacombs that would be great. I'll be under the tag Unite|Grover Thanks again.

Or if your willing to help give me some way, any way to get in touch with you skype vent ts msn yahoo aim..... I really want this thing done.
dakine`
July 6th, 2006, 10:14 PM
Any help?
dakine`
July 11th, 2006, 10:54 PM
No rush :P
Janus
July 11th, 2006, 10:58 PM
it should show up. do you want to have it boot to it/format it with the xp cd? have you updated your bios?
dakine`
July 12th, 2006, 02:07 PM
I just want it for the slave for now and when I get a new computer I just want to format and start clean with that new hd. And the with updating bios, I'm reluctant to flash it because if I mess it up then I wont have a computer. But I think it is bios that is the problem.