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Hard Drive and Mother board compatablility 3
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franklin97355
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It's a waste of the HDs potential but should work OK (at ata100)
The answer has always been 42
The answer has always been 42
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I may be misunderstanding, but if your motherboard only has ATA100 connectors and your disk drive is SATA150, then it will not work on your motherboard. The ATA connector is a wide ribbon cable with 40 (or 80) conductor wires and 40 pins. The SATA connector has a 7 pin connector.
If your hard drive had been ATA133 it would have worked, but at a slower speed.
If your hard drive had been ATA133 it would have worked, but at a slower speed.
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You can buy a SATA adapter card. But if you purchased the drive new at a local store, I'd suggest that you try to exchange it for an IDE model. Going SATA will not buy you a real speed improvement.
If your motherboard has four ATA100, I guess that your mobo supports processors in the range of 2 gigs. The ATA100 will not be the limiting factor in your machine.
If your motherboard has four ATA100, I guess that your mobo supports processors in the range of 2 gigs. The ATA100 will not be the limiting factor in your machine.
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