User User name Password  
   
Thursday 12.2.2026 / 16:26
Search AfterDawn Forums:        In English   Suomeksi   På svenska
afterdawn.com > forums > pc hardware > other pc hardware > hard drives
Show topics
 
Forums
Forums
hard drives
  Jump to:
 
Posted Message
morgana3
Suspended due to non-functional email address
_
29. January 2006 @ 15:11 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Okay, first I want to say thanks for all the help that I received in the past. My new computer has been put together (with help from my boyfriend and his son----his son did most of the work). Anyway, I made a slight mistake in buying the hard drives. Turns out that I should have gotten SATA instead of IDE. So, my first two are IDE. I want to get two more (I'm greedy, I want at least a TB)and want to know if they can be SATA. They are for storage alone.
Advertisement
_
__
Senior Member
_
29. January 2006 @ 16:13 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
morgana3
Suspended due to non-functional email address
_
29. January 2006 @ 16:16 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Thanks!!! Actually, I but just about everyhing from Newegg.

DESDEMONA:
Asus A8N-E Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra ATX AMD MOBO
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400 Dual Core CPU
ZALMAN 92mm 2 Ball LED Light cooling fan with heatsink
GeForce 6600GT 128 MB PCI-E Video Card
2G Mushkin Extreme performance DDR SDRAM
Turtle Beach RIVERIA 5.1 PCI Sound Card
WD 120GB 7200 RPM IDE
Maxtor DiamondMax 300GB 7200 RPM IDE
Maxtor Ultra 16 L01F500 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3500630A 500GB 7200 RPM IDE Ultra ATA100 Hard Drive
Windows Media Center
SypherTek
Suspended due to non-functional email address
_
30. January 2006 @ 02:15 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
SATA and IDE will work fine together. just make sure you have your motherboards SATA drivers so you can use the drives in windows.

also you may get an issue whereby you cant see the full amount of your drive space if you buy a hard drive larger than 137GB.

if this happens youll need this file called the large drive enabler to sort it out.

http://www.maxtor.com/portal/site/Maxtor/menuitem.3c67e325e0a6b1f...

Studio Comp: AMD Athlon XP 3200+ OC ~ 2.35GHz runs at 40 celcius idle and 48 under stress (aerocool GT1000 really works!), Asrock K7VT4A , 1024MB Dual Channel DDR 400, MSI Nvidia FX5200 128MB OC ~ 600MHz mem 350MHz core,80GB SATA + 200GB SATA + 120GB IDE, 7.1 Channel Soundblaster Audigy 2 Platinum EX sound and midi interface. 19" Sony SDM-HS95 TFT monitor - sweeet
Comp2: AMD Sempron 2400+ OC ~ 2.0GHz (Stable), Asrock K7S41GX, 512MB DDR 333, Onboard Graphics, 40GB Maxtor IDE


set of monitors on the way soon :P
Google is your friend...
WorkComp: LAPTOP, intel celeron D 2.4GHz, 256MB DDR, 20GB hd. NO SCREEN IT WAS SAWN OFF :S (bag of crap)
morgana3
Suspended due to non-functional email address
_
30. January 2006 @ 02:57 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Well, now I'm wondering if I will need the drivers for the HD's. I know the MOBO will take SATA. My boyfriend is looking it up. I'm going for the 500G anyway, so that should last me for awhile. Thanks for the info.

DESDEMONA:
Asus A8N-E Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra ATX AMD MOBO
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400 Dual Core CPU
ZALMAN 92mm 2 Ball LED Light cooling fan with heatsink
GeForce 6600GT 128 MB PCI-E Video Card
2G Mushkin Extreme performance DDR SDRAM
Turtle Beach RIVERIA 5.1 PCI Sound Card
WD 120GB 7200 RPM IDE
Maxtor DiamondMax 300GB 7200 RPM IDE
Maxtor Ultra 16 L01F500 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3500630A 500GB 7200 RPM IDE Ultra ATA100 Hard Drive
Windows Media Center
SypherTek
Suspended due to non-functional email address
_
30. January 2006 @ 03:03 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
you wont need drivers specific to the hard drives.. there should be either a floppy disk called sata drivers or you may have to boot from your mobo drivers cd and make your own driver disk

Studio Comp: AMD Athlon XP 3200+ OC ~ 2.35GHz runs at 40 celcius idle and 48 under stress (aerocool GT1000 really works!), Asrock K7VT4A , 1024MB Dual Channel DDR 400, MSI Nvidia FX5200 128MB OC ~ 600MHz mem 350MHz core,80GB SATA + 200GB SATA + 120GB IDE, 7.1 Channel Soundblaster Audigy 2 Platinum EX sound and midi interface. 19" Sony SDM-HS95 TFT monitor - sweeet
Comp2: AMD Sempron 2400+ OC ~ 2.0GHz (Stable), Asrock K7S41GX, 512MB DDR 333, Onboard Graphics, 40GB Maxtor IDE


set of monitors on the way soon :P
Google is your friend...
WorkComp: LAPTOP, intel celeron D 2.4GHz, 256MB DDR, 20GB hd. NO SCREEN IT WAS SAWN OFF :S (bag of crap)
Advertisement
_
__
 
_
morgana3
Suspended due to non-functional email address
_
30. January 2006 @ 04:53 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Sweeeeeet. Another project for the weekend. Thanks alot.

DESDEMONA:
Asus A8N-E Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra ATX AMD MOBO
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400 Dual Core CPU
ZALMAN 92mm 2 Ball LED Light cooling fan with heatsink
GeForce 6600GT 128 MB PCI-E Video Card
2G Mushkin Extreme performance DDR SDRAM
Turtle Beach RIVERIA 5.1 PCI Sound Card
WD 120GB 7200 RPM IDE
Maxtor DiamondMax 300GB 7200 RPM IDE
Maxtor Ultra 16 L01F500 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3500630A 500GB 7200 RPM IDE Ultra ATA100 Hard Drive
Windows Media Center
afterdawn.com > forums > pc hardware > other pc hardware > hard drives
 

Digital video: AfterDawn.com | AfterDawn Forums
Music: MP3Lizard.com
Gaming: Blasteroids.com | Blasteroids Forums | Compare game prices
Software: Software downloads
Blogs: User profile pages
RSS feeds: AfterDawn.com News | Software updates | AfterDawn Forums
International: AfterDawn in Finnish | AfterDawn in Swedish | AfterDawn in Norwegian | download.fi
Navigate: Search | Site map
About us: About AfterDawn Ltd | Advertise on our sites | Rules, Restrictions, Legal disclaimer & Privacy policy
Contact us: Send feedback | Contact our media sales team
 
  © 1999-2026 by AfterDawn Ltd.

  IDG TechNetwork