"Franc Zabkar" <fzabkar@iinternode.on.net> wrote in message
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> Here is a screenshot out of an Asus motherboard manual (page 59):
> http://www.users.on.net/~fzabkar/SATA1_ST320413A.jpg
>
> Something seems wrong about it ...
>
> Asus M2N-X manual:
> http://dlsvr04.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/...3147_m2n-x.pdf
>
> - Franc Zabkar
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The manual is dated 2007, but the BIOS screenshot is of a 2002
BIOS. No wonder it's only a 20GB drive that's listed.
Franc Zabkar wrote:
> It's a parallel ATA drive connected to a SATA port. I know it can be
> done using SATA-PATA interface cards, but why?
I'm using those devices here myself, on a couple of old 200GB and 300GB
IDE drives, which I've converted to SATA. The main reason for doing that
is because there is a dearth of IDE connections these days with newer
motherboards. They supply maybe just one IDE port for a couple of
master/slave optical drives, these days.
Yousuf Khan <bbbl67@spammenot.yahoo.com> wrote:
> Franc Zabkar wrote:
>> It's a parallel ATA drive connected to a SATA port. I know it can be
>> done using SATA-PATA interface cards, but why?
> I'm using those devices here myself, on a couple of old 200GB and 300GB
> IDE drives, which I've converted to SATA. The main reason for doing that
> is because there is a dearth of IDE connections these days with newer
> motherboards. They supply maybe just one IDE port for a couple of
> master/slave optical drives, these days.
I have basically phased out IDE for normal operation, but I still
have 5 or so IDE drives that I use for experiments and today
they are typically attached to SATA via converters I bought during
the transition phase.
Arno
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Arno wrote:
> Yousuf Khan <bbbl67@spammenot.yahoo.com> wrote:
>> Franc Zabkar wrote:
>>> It's a parallel ATA drive connected to a SATA port. I know it can be
>>> done using SATA-PATA interface cards, but why?
>
>> I'm using those devices here myself, on a couple of old 200GB and 300GB
>> IDE drives, which I've converted to SATA. The main reason for doing that
>> is because there is a dearth of IDE connections these days with newer
>> motherboards. They supply maybe just one IDE port for a couple of
>> master/slave optical drives, these days.
>
> I have basically phased out IDE for normal operation, but I still
> have 5 or so IDE drives that I use for experiments and today
> they are typically attached to SATA via converters I bought during
> the transition phase.
I've also mentioned that miraculously somehow when using these IDE
drives in SATA form, one of the drive's spin retry count problem went away.
Yousuf Khan <bbbl67@spammenot.yahoo.com> wrote:
> Arno wrote:
>> Yousuf Khan <bbbl67@spammenot.yahoo.com> wrote:
>>> Franc Zabkar wrote:
>>>> It's a parallel ATA drive connected to a SATA port. I know it can be
>>>> done using SATA-PATA interface cards, but why?
>>
>>> I'm using those devices here myself, on a couple of old 200GB and 300GB
>>> IDE drives, which I've converted to SATA. The main reason for doing that
>>> is because there is a dearth of IDE connections these days with newer
>>> motherboards. They supply maybe just one IDE port for a couple of
>>> master/slave optical drives, these days.
>>
>> I have basically phased out IDE for normal operation, but I still
>> have 5 or so IDE drives that I use for experiments and today
>> they are typically attached to SATA via converters I bought during
>> the transition phase.
> I've also mentioned that miraculously somehow when using these IDE
> drives in SATA form, one of the drive's spin retry count problem went away.
> Yousuf Khan
Black Magic! ;-)
Arno
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What's wrong with this? 
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