This may seem like a dumb question...

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November 20th, 2005, 09:28 PM
karak

This may seem like a dumb question...

If I was to purchase a mother board that only has ATA 100 up to 2 devices would that be compatible with my harddrive that says it is a ATA/133?

I doubt it would be.. but I just want to make sure.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813127216
This the kind of motherboard I would like to get.

Thanks.
November 20th, 2005, 09:44 PM
MobilePCPhysician

Yes, they would work at the slower speed.
November 20th, 2005, 10:01 PM
karak

Now does ATA work with SATA? Like that motherboard I just posted has SATA... would my ATA/133 plug into that and be faster or..?
November 20th, 2005, 11:04 PM
MobilePCPhysician

Is your hard drive a sata drive or ata drive? If you are not sure,post the make and model.
November 20th, 2005, 11:43 PM
karak

Well it says Ultra ATA/133 Maxtor 200GB
November 21st, 2005, 12:06 AM
MobilePCPhysician

You could always buy a pci sata controller. Or just buy a sata drive and use the other drive for storage.
November 21st, 2005, 06:00 AM
TechZ

Quote:

Ultra ATA/133 Maxtor 200GB

That means the drive is a normal (P)ATA drive with a maximum speed of 133mb/s.

SATA1 is 150mb/s.

Quote:

ABIT AL8-V ATX Intel Motherboard
Storage Devices
PATA 1 x ATA 100 up to 2 Devices
SATA 4 x SATA II

As you can see the board you choose, can do PATA, so its not a problem using your chosen hard disk.

Also SATA is much faster, so if you havent purchased that hard disk yet, check to see a SATA version of it, the price difference is negligible or even cheaper in the case of SATA vs PATA Hard Disks. Newegg.com shows just a US2$ difference between SATA & a similar (but slower) PATA HardDisk.