SATA expert?

512mb · 03-09-2007, 05:14 PM

Hey guys, I am new to the SATA HD's I have the supported MOBO as well as the correct HD. Also I have the correct SATA Cables. But just wondering is it just a plug and play HD? Or is there more to it?? Thanks,

512

tlarkin · 03-09-2007, 05:23 PM

areyou adding the drive or installing an OS onto it?

Styrak · 03-09-2007, 05:34 PM

If you're adding it to your current setup as an extra drive, you should be able to just plug it in.

kof2000 · 03-09-2007, 06:05 PM

depending on the os you are installing with it may or may not need sata drivers.

**dragon2309** · 03-09-2007, 07:00 PM

As others have already said, it goes on a case by case basis, in some instances you may need to use additional SATA drivers (given on a floppy disk) for the OS to be able to even see it.... This is only when your installing an OS onto it on a new PC. From experiecne I've installed the same OS (WinXP SP2) on over 20-ish machines (new builds) with different hard drive and motherboard combinations everytime, never once have i needed to sue the additional drivers, but thats not saying you don't need to. I think i just get lucky everytime.

If your simply adding an extra SATA drive to your existing fully working fully installed PC (as a second or slave drive) then it is literally plug and play, plug the SATA cables in give it some power and away you go. Some BIOS's disable SATA ports so you might have to go in and physically enable them, but thats no biggy

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512mb Silver Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Age: 21 Posts: 104	SATA expert? Hey guys, I am new to the SATA HD's I have the supported MOBO as well as the correct HD. Also I have the correct SATA Cables. But just wondering is it just a plug and play HD? Or is there more to it?? Thanks, 512 __________________ --Acrylic Case --GIGABYTE GA-965P-DS3 LGA --Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 Conroe 1.86GHz --32" Widescreen LCD Display --G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 --WD 160GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s --XFX GeForce 7900GS ( XT Edition ) --PLEXTOR Black 16X -*-XCLIO GOODPOWER 500W ATX

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kof2000 Diamond Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Oahu Age: 26 Posts: 6,273	depending on the os you are installing with it may or may not need sata drivers. __________________ QX9650@4.2 swiftech \|9600@3.0 9700 nt 780i \| 790fx 8gb ddr1200 \| 8gb ddr1200 2x150gb 3x1tb \|2x250gb 3x8800gtx \|3x2900xt 1gb 2x20xdvdrw \|2x20xdvdrw 15in1 card reader \|15in1 card reader ng15/g9 \|ng15/g9 1200w psu \|1200w psu 2x28" LCD \|2x28" LCD

03-09-2007, 07:00 PM	#5 (permalink)
dragon2309 P.I Dragon Join Date: May 2005 Location: KENT, UK Age: 19 Posts: 8,237	As others have already said, it goes on a case by case basis, in some instances you may need to use additional SATA drivers (given on a floppy disk) for the OS to be able to even see it.... This is only when your installing an OS onto it on a new PC. From experiecne I've installed the same OS (WinXP SP2) on over 20-ish machines (new builds) with different hard drive and motherboard combinations everytime, never once have i needed to sue the additional drivers, but thats not saying you don't need to. I think i just get lucky everytime. If your simply adding an extra SATA drive to your existing fully working fully installed PC (as a second or slave drive) then it is literally plug and play, plug the SATA cables in give it some power and away you go. Some BIOS's disable SATA ports so you might have to go in and physically enable them, but thats no biggy dragon2309 __________________ //``-tHe RiG iN tHe SiG-``\\ Intel Core2Duo E6600 @ 3.1Ghz - (__CPU__) eVGA 680i SLi - (__MOB__) 4Gb Corsair Dominator DDR2-800 (4x1024Mb) - (__RAM__) 250Gb Western Digital SATAII 7200rpm - (__HDD__) nVidia BFG 8800GTS OC 320Mb - (__GFX__) LG DVD+/-RW 18x DVD-RAM - (__OPT__) Triple Boot - [XP Pro] + [Vista Ultimate] + [Ubuntu 7.10] - (__OS__) [3DMARK'03 :: 25,587] --- [3DMARK'05 :: 13,989] --- [3DMARK'06 :: 8791] - (__BENCHMARKS__) dragon2309.co.uk - a little slice of geek

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03-09-2007, 05:23 PM	#2 (permalink)
tlarkin VIP Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Kansas City, MO Posts: 5,955	areyou adding the drive or installing an OS onto it?

03-09-2007, 05:34 PM	#3 (permalink)
Styrak Platinum Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 517	If you're adding it to your current setup as an extra drive, you should be able to just plug it in.