hard drive installation

scotty5153 · 02-21-2005, 02:26 PM

I have an old Compaq presario 5240 that has an ATA/33 interface, so would I be able to install a ATA/100 hard drive on this controller and have it run as a 33 or would it not work at all? Thanks...

Regards,
Scott

**Cromewell** · 02-21-2005, 05:28 PM

yes you can put any ata33/66/100/133 drive on the channel

02-21-2005, 02:26 PM	#1 (permalink)
scotty5153 New Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 4	hard drive installation I have an old Compaq presario 5240 that has an ATA/33 interface, so would I be able to install a ATA/100 hard drive on this controller and have it run as a 33 or would it not work at all? Thanks... Regards, Scott

02-21-2005, 05:28 PM	#2 (permalink)
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