Re: Will my mobo support up to 4 hard drives with IDE and SATA?
On Fri, 16 Dec 2005 02:15:17 GMT, Gareth J M Saunders wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> I have an MSI K7N2 Delta series motherboard (NVIDIA nForce2 chipset) which
> has IDE1 and IDE2, to which I've connected 2 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 120
> GB Plus (ST312022A), plus 1 x CDRW and 1 x DVD+/-RW
>
> It also has 2 x SATA interface ports, SER1 and SER2. "Both connectors are
> fully compliant with Serial ATA 1.0 specifications. Each Serial ATA
> connector can connect to 1 hard disk device."
>
> My question: Am I right in thinking then that could connect a further 2 hard
> drives (SATA) to this setup, giving me 4 x hard drives in all?
Yes, you're right. You may need to enable the SATA controller in BIOS. That
in turn means you should check for updated controller drivers at the
motherboard manufacturer's web site.
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Sharon F
MS-MVP ~ Windows Shell/User
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