Author Topic: Maxtor 160gb Serial Ata 150 7200rpm 8mb 9.3ms Hard Drive (drive Only) (Read 333 times)

mars01 · « **on:** February 05, 2004, 01:37:38 PM »

I have a few questions,

What is the Serial ATA interface and do I need any special hardware etc to take advantage of it. It seems there is a special power chord, but is that it. Will I be able to use it in any pc?

SlapShot · « **Reply #1 on:** February 05, 2004, 01:44:49 PM »

Ask Icer .. he knows all the stuff.

mars01 · « **Reply #2 on:** February 05, 2004, 01:48:48 PM »

Nice thx man

1K0N · « **Reply #3 on:** February 05, 2004, 03:56:25 PM »

Yup...A Motherboard that has SATA connectors and the cables..
You can get a convertor so your non sata drives work with it but not much point..
ASUS latest have SATA

mars01 · « **Reply #4 on:** February 05, 2004, 04:00:20 PM »

cool thanks ikon

boxboy28 · « **Reply #5 on:** February 05, 2004, 04:57:54 PM »

Ya SATA is a special plug for both inter face and power! Some drives IE like mine a WD raptor 36G has both form of power and my MOBO supports SATA on board, but you still need the data cable and either a MOBO that supports it, the adaptors for the IDE cables or a SATA PCI card!