ATA 100 is an IDE (PATA) type connection

ATA 150 is a Serial ATA (SATA) type of connections.


Therefore, these two type of drives do not "directly" connect since the SATA
is a different cable that the IDE (PATA) type. If you were to locate a IDE
to SATA drive adapter, then the speeds will by the decided by the IDE channel
port on the motherboard.

On 26/11/2005 "Collon" <ohright@aol.com.com> wrote:
>I know I can have 2 hard drives on the same cable, but can one of them be
>ATA150 when the other one is ATA100? Also, will the ATA150 suffer
>performance if it is on the same cable as an ATA100?
>
>Thank you!
>
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