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dont feel no pain · Jan 17, 2008, 03:19 PM // 15:19

I've always been on IDE and i know my motherboard has 4 sata ports. But i dont know if you can run sataII on them as it is much cheaper.

here's my mobo:

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CPU

• Supports 64-bit AMD® Athlon64/64FX processor (Socket 939)
• Supports 3000+, 3200+, 3400+, 3500+, 3800+, 4000+, FX53 and FX55

Chipset

• ATI Radeon® XPRESS 200 Chipset
- HyperTransport connection to AMD K8 Athlon 64 processor
- 8 or 16 bit control/address. data transfer both directions
- 1000/800/400/200MHz "Double Data Rate" operation both direction
- PCI Express x16 Graphic Interface
- On-board Graphic shared up to 128MB

• ATI ® SB400 Chipset
- Ultra DMA 66/100/133 master mode PCI EIDE controller
- Supports dual channel native Serial ATA/RAID controller that will supply 150MB/s and support RAID 0 or RAID 1
- Integrated Hardware Sound Blaster / Direct Sound AC97 audio
- ACPI & PC2001 compliant enhanced power management
- Supports 8 USB2.0 ports (Rear x 4 / Front x 4)

Main Memory

•
Supports four 184-pin DDR SDRAMs up to 4GB memory size
• Supports Dual Channel DDR400*/DDR333 DDR SDRAM (*Refer to MSI recommended modules)
• Support for 2Mx32 (with 64-bit interface), 4Mx32, 8Mx32 and 16Mx16 memory devices
Due to the High Performance Memory design, motherboards or system configurations may or may not operate smoothly at the JEDEC (Joint Electron Device Engineering Council) standard settings (BIOS Default on the motherboard) such as DDR voltage, memory speeds and memory timing. Please confirm and adjust your memory setting in the BIOS accordingly for better system stability.
Example: Kingston HyperX DDR500 PC4000 operates at 2.65V, 3-4-4-8, CL=3.
For more information about specification of high performance memory modules, please check with your Memory Manufactures for more details.

Slots

• One PCI Express 16X slot (Recommanded ATi Radeon PCI-Express 16X video card)
• Three PCI 32-bit Master PCI Bus slots. (support 3.3v / 5v PCI bus interface)

BIOS

• The mainboard BIOS provides "Plug & Play" BIOS which detects the peripheral devices and expansion cards of the board automatically.
• The mainboard provides a Desktop Management Interface (DMI) function which records your mainboard specifications.

Video

3D Graphics
• Full DirectX 9.0 Support (Vertex Shader v2.0 and Pixel Shader v2.0) with full precision floating point pixel pipeline, up to 4 Multiple-Render-Targets (MRTs)
• Supports Microsoft's next generation GDI+user interface and support resolution up to [email protected]
2D Graphics
• Highly optimized 128-bit engine capable of processing multiple pixels per clock
• Game acceleration including support for Microsoft's DirectDraw, Double Buffering, Virtual Sprites, Transparent Blit, and Masked Blit.
• Supports a maximum resolution of [email protected]
• Support for new GDI extensions in Windows® XP: Alpha BLT, Transparent BLT, Gradient Fill

On-Board IDE

• An IDE controller on the ATI SB400 chipset provides IDE HDD/CD-ROM with PIO, Bus Master and Ultra DMA 66/100/133 operation modes. It can connect 4 Ultra ATA drives.
• Serial ATA/150 controller integrated in ATI SB400
- Up to 150MB/s transfer speed
- Can connect up to 4 Serial ATA drives
- Support RAID 0 or RAID 1

Audio

• 6 Channel software audio codec Realtek ALC658C
• Compliance with AC97' v2.3 Spec
• Meet PC2001 audio performance requirement

IEEE 1394

• Supports upto 2 x 1394 ports. one 6-pin 1394 connector on Rear I/O, the other is supported by onboard Pin header. Transfer rate up to 400Mbps.
• Controlled by VIA 6307 chipset

LAN

• Realtek 8100C
• Supports 10/100 Mb/s auto-negotiation operation.
• Compliant with PCI v2.2 and PC99 standard .
• Compliance with ACPI Power Management

On-Board Peripherals

- 1 floppy port supports 1 FDD with 360K, 720K, 1.2M, 1.44M and 2.88Mbytes
- 1 serial ports COM1
- 1 VGA port
- 1 parallel port supports SPP/EPP/ECP mode
- 8 USB 2.0 ports (Rear x 4 / Front x 4)
- 3 audio ports in vertical (Line-out, Line-in, MIC)
- 1 IEEE 1394 6pin out
- 1 RJ-45 jack

Dimension
9.60 in.(L) x 9.60 in.(W) Micro-ATX Form Factor

Mounting
8 mounting holes

flclisgreat · Jan 17, 2008, 03:23 PM // 15:23

short answer. no

Devine [TIGO] · Jan 17, 2008, 03:54 PM // 15:54

nope sata 1 has 150mbs speed(which yours has)

sata2 has 300mbs speed

sorry

Quaker · Jan 17, 2008, 04:08 PM // 16:08

SATAII is backward compatible with SATA. That is, SATAII drives will work on your motherboard, but at SATA speeds. Seeing as how most hard drives don't even come up to SATA speeds, there's not much loss. And, of course, you can then carry your drives over to a new system if and when.

dont feel no pain · Jan 17, 2008, 04:58 PM // 16:58

So it doesnt support sataII but i can use a sataII harddrive on the sata1 ports with sata1 speed.

This would be usful for me as i plan to build my next pc this year with a sataII drive that i have chosen to use.

Are you 100% sure that this will work?

just being carful thats all.

Mammoth · Jan 17, 2008, 05:27 PM // 17:27

What Quaker said is correct, it does indeed work. I've done it on my older computer with two 250GB SATAII drives while it only supports SATA on the motherboard.

PS. Depending on the situation, if you plan on installing an OS on an SATA drive, you may need to have motherboard drivers (SATA/RAID Controller on a USB device/diskette) while you install in order to detect the drives at all.

Tachyon · Jan 17, 2008, 07:18 PM // 19:18

Yeah, SATA is the same USB when it comes to backwards compatibility. i.e. You can use a USB1.0 device in a USB2.0 slot but it only works at the USB1.0 speeds. The same as you can use a SATA II drive on a SATA I motherboard.

swaaye · Jan 17, 2008, 10:20 PM // 22:20

Like said earlier, the speed wont be affected either. Even the fastest HDD only can manage about 80MB/s in a linear read. And that's rather rare because HDDs spend most of their time seeking. I wish HDDs could do even 100MB/s full time.

Tachyon · Jan 17, 2008, 10:31 PM // 22:31

So true. Personally I can't wait for the Solid States drives to increase in size, drop in price and become mainstream.

Chthon · Jan 18, 2008, 03:39 AM // 03:39

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Originally Posted by dont feel no pain

So it doesnt support sataII but i can use a sataII harddrive on the sata1 ports with sata1 speed.

This would be usful for me as i plan to build my next pc this year with a sataII drive that i have chosen to use.

Are you 100% sure that this will work?

just being carful thats all.

Yep. However, you may have to change the jumper pin on the back of the drive before you put it in. The drive's instruction book should tell you if this is necessary.