HDD types

The Astroman · Jan 10, 2005

I have a Western Digital 80 7200 rpm in my PC, and it says "Enhanced IDE" or something like that on it. On my mobo's web page, it says I have SATA as HDD type. Why do I have an IDE disk then?

Yeti · Jan 10, 2005

Your motherboard has both IDE and SATA connections.

Cromewell · Jan 10, 2005

the SATA is running in IDE mode. This just means it isn't running in RAID mode. Both SATA and PATA(commonly called IDE) can run as IDE or RAID

jancz3rt · Jan 10, 2005

Interesting...

So would that mean that the SATA hardrive would be running at ATA 133/100? if not in RAID? Sorry for asking but I am still stuck with IDE technology.

JAN

Cromewell · Jan 10, 2005

no, IDE just means Integrated Device Electronics. ATA33/66/100/133 is a PATA standard.

Praetor · Jan 10, 2005

So would that mean that the SATA hardrive would be running at ATA 133/100?

It is effectively ATA150 aka DMA Mode 7 etc. ATA is for AT Attatchment.

jancz3rt · Jan 10, 2005

Great

Thanx for the explanations. I am a wiser geek now.

JAN

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