My Sata Question

[BeSerKa]

Hi I'm Baffled!?!

I have a Motherboard it says its SATA compatible in the Manual...Fine.

Currently Its running 2 IDE ATA HD's...Great.

next to the IDE connection on my motherboard the SATA addon connections are also there.

But of my knowledge of SATA HD's I thought that SATA HD's run off completly different connections. I really don't get how it all works ie. Do SATA HD's use the current ATA Cable's but have a secondary smaller cable to go with it? or...

I really can't explain what I mean to well, If you can decipher what I mean please help me.

Thanks in advance

[mingyu01]

erm.. No
it uses a seperate cable
there is a SATA connector to connect to the SATA drives and there is IDE connector to connect to IDE drives. and ATA cable is 80 conductor 40 pin flat or round cable but the SATA cable is i think 8 connectors (?)

[vikeor]

http://www.greatlink.european-rep.co...-and-cable.gif

those are SATA connectors

[BeSerKa]

O I think I get it now, Maybe I'm mixed up with SCSI connector's

[vikeor]

Quote:

Originally Posted by BeSerKa

O I think I get it now, Maybe I'm mixed up with SCSI connector's

maybe u are

[doddsy]

Quote:

Originally Posted by BeSerKa

Hi I'm Baffled!?!

I have a Motherboard it says its SATA compatible in the Manual...Fine.

Currently Its running 2 IDE ATA HD's...Great.

next to the IDE connection on my motherboard the SATA addon connections are also there.

But of my knowledge of SATA HD's I thought that SATA HD's run off completly different connections. I really don't get how it all works ie. Do SATA HD's use the current ATA Cable's but have a secondary smaller cable to go with it? or...

I really can't explain what I mean to well, If you can decipher what I mean please help me.

Thanks in advance

which mobo do you have?

[BeSerKa]

The MOBO Ive got is a

# MAINBOARD FN41
# Form Factor : Shuttle Form Factor
# CPU Socket : AMD Socket A, support 333/266/200MHz FSB CPU
# Chipsets : North bridge-Nvidia nForce2, South bridge-nVidia MCP-T
# Memory : DDR 200/266/333/400 * 2(Dual Channel)
# VGA : Geforce4 MX, 128 MB VGA share memory
# Audio : Realtek ALC650 6 Ch, Support Digital SPDIF Output
# Expansion Slot : PCI * 1, 8X AGP * 1
# IDE interface : ATA-133

[BeSerKa]

well It looks like I'm ordering a Seagate 200GB SATA Drive after work today then

[doddsy]

http://www.shuttlecomputer.de/eu/prod/mb/600/fn41.jpg

i don't see any sata connectors on that board.............

http://www.shuttlecomputer.de/eu/fn41.htm

no sata listed in the specs either.........

[BeSerKa]

Yea that pic aint of my board, the Box has a sticker that says SATA compatible.

The name of the Shuttle/box is the SN41g2 V3,

I have to check the exact model of the MOBO when I get home.