Author Topic: Build in progress, SATA hard drive question. (Read 315 times)

nopoop · « **on:** April 17, 2004, 05:02:48 PM »

You mean to tell me that wittle cable takes the place of that beeg old ribbon on a ATA hard drive ??????????????

It just doesn't seem right. Have a spot on the HD for another wide plug-in that I think is for RAID.

Please splain.

Am I missing something ??

430 power supply, MB, chipset w/fan, hard drive, vidio card, DVD, DVD RW, floppy, 2 extra 80mm fans in and I called it a day.

Will conjure on were all the wittle plugs go tomorrow..

Does that wittle cable do it all ??

Roscoroo · « **Reply #1 on:** April 17, 2004, 05:20:08 PM »

the regular raid set up uses the normal ide connectors and large flat cables
(the connectors on the mb are ussually yellow )

Sata and sata raid uses small connectors and your main board has to have these on it . it uses the smaller cables

bloom25 · « **Reply #2 on:** April 17, 2004, 06:23:04 PM »

The smaller cable is the data cable on a Serial ATA drive. The wider connector is for power. Serial ATA uses a new type of power connector. Some Serial ATA drives have both the old style and new style power connectors, and most new power supplies have at least 2 of the new Serial ATA power connectors. (There are also adapters to go from the old 4 pin power connector to the new Serial ATA power connector.)

Reschke · « **Reply #3 on:** April 17, 2004, 06:53:23 PM »

Just when I thought SATA meant that we could have better airflow in our cases I get my idea shot down. Or maybe I am reading this wrong and see that SATA really doesn't matter ATM.

nopoop · « **Reply #4 on:** April 17, 2004, 08:34:01 PM »

Quote

Originally posted by bloom25
The smaller cable is the data cable on a Serial ATA drive. The wider connector is for power

Bloom I have the standard four pin power connector on the hard drive along with the wider and thinner new style. If that wittle SATA cable is the data connector I'm set. Found the spot on the Epox board for SATA 1 ( not in the instructions ) and I'm plugged in.

That info is a relief..

Gonna play some more tomorrow putting all the case/MB and power hookups in. Prolly fire it next weekend.

Ordered another 80mm fan cuz there's room for one along with new keyboard and mouse. Found that the Nvidia card has a 4 pin power connector also with no reference to it in the docs. I'm thinking it must be for older boards that don't have the juice.

To hold onto the "fan man" title, I'll be running six 80's this build.

Even have a clear one on the clear side panel with blue LEDs..

CUZ I'M A GEEK !!

CH USB Pro flight stick, throttle and pedals comin also.

This game as a hobby is so cheap. But every two or three years..

It bangs ya.

Thanks for the input guys, there will be more questions.

I "might" be able to fly in a week or so..

BB Gun · « **Reply #5 on:** April 18, 2004, 03:13:38 PM »

nopoop - that power socket on the video card has to be filled. The AGP spec doesn't supply enough power for the monster cards of today, so they've added those molexes to the cards to enable them to suck more juice.

I'm surprised the manual/quickstart guide doesn't give you the connector information. My Epox 8RDA3+ came with a pretty damn thorough manual. *shrug*

BB

nopoop · « **Reply #6 on:** April 18, 2004, 04:26:03 PM »

BB I found it, just took some lookin, so quit your shruggin, it's bad for your posture. I'm running the 4PDA2+ epox board. The main reason I stayed with epox is their manual. That and I've never had a problem with them.

Next question is about DVD and DVD RW installation. I'm going to try the onboard sound and a slim unindexed 4 pin connector is supplied with both units with only three wires ( one of the center pins is empty.

On both units the four analog pins are marked Left-grd-grd-Right. On the board the Auxillery-in plug in is marked the same. But on the main CD-in plug right next to it they're marked Left-CD reference-CD reference-Right. I don't want to be melting anything down on the CD-in plug. Do I plug the main unit into the CD-in ?? or is it going to start a fire ??

Also, do I set one unit to master and the other to slave as instructed ?? Current ME rig doesn't seem to see the slave unit.

After tieing everything up and making it pretty I realized that the sound cables shouldn't be bundled with all that electricity stuff, but zip ties are cheap. That and I have to power up the vidio card..

Thanks in advance BB.

..sit up straight damn it

BB Gun · « **Reply #7 on:** April 19, 2004, 01:11:27 AM »

Been busy all afternoon, sorry poopster!

This is the CD audio output:

As long as you stick the flat 3-wire connector in there, and then into the CD-in of the mobo (for the primary drive - i.e. the one you will use the most, probably the DVD) or the aux-in you will be fine.

Don't worry about koranglish or taiwanglish manuals. Just make sure you keep the right/left wires straight between the two jacks so you don't reverse your balance controls.

Yes - use the jumpers and set one to master and the other as slave. It doesn't really matter which is which.

Never tie up your cables until everything is running. THEN get neat.

BB

nopoop · « **Reply #8 on:** April 19, 2004, 09:23:38 AM »

But jeez BB I had all these nylon ties...

Thanks, just wanted to be sure.