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Blighter
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_ 		26. April 2006 @ 10:23 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Hi guys,

I currently have to 250gb ATA Hard drives installed on my system...can't install any more IDE hard drives obviously...

Is it, however, possible to install a S-ATA hard drive, without having to remove either of the IDE hard drives?

Cheers,
Blighter
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ddp
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_ 		26. April 2006 @ 14:13 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
yes if have extra power connector. if motherboard not have onboard sata controller than get a pci sata card
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Morph416
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_ 		26. April 2006 @ 15:58 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Along with ddp's advice, if the board doesn't support SATA natively (onboard SATA connectors) you still have a choice to run either. You can purchase as ddp suggested, an SATA or PATA PCI controller board.
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boxwrench
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_ 		26. April 2006 @ 20:51 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I'm running a pair of each on my Amd system....no problems at all!

Best of luck!
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Blighter
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_ 		28. April 2006 @ 04:55 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Ok cool. I know my motherboard supports S-ATA drives so should be alright. I just didn't know if i was able to have 2 IDE drives and and S-ATA drive at the same time. I thought there might have been a problem with the whole master/slave thing, seeing as how S-ATA drives don't need this. Looks like i'm gonna be upgrading from 500gb to 750gb then!
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