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new ide

  • 09-12-2002 11:14am
    #1
    Energizer
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    Does anyone know if there is a new ide connection on motherboards.
    I was told it was 200mhz but i'm not sure if thats true?:confused:


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  • #2
    deckie27
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,901 ✭✭✭deckie27


    Yes
    the new Asus has a serial ATA port on the card
    But there is no HDD's available yet So they are suppling a converter with it so you can connect a regular ide to it

    Deco


  • #3
    Inspector Gadget
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,393 ✭✭✭Inspector Gadget


    The new format is indeed called Serial ATA, and is rated at 150MBit/s. The best thing about it is that instead of 40 (or 80) cables running between the drive and the motherboard, SATA uses four; the inside of PC is much neater as a result. Also, it's point-to-point; one device per channel, but no hard limit on two channels per controller. In other words, even easier wiring in PC (no master/slave/cable select, jumpers, ribbon cable origami and so on).

    An example of the adaptor Deco described is Highpoint's RocketHead 100, that ships with their newer S-ATA RAID cards - see http://www.highpoint-tech.com/rr1520.htm for an example with pictures.

    Hope this helps,
    Gadget


  • #4
    leeroybrown
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,563 ✭✭✭leeroybrown


    Afaik Seagate have pricing levels and specs set for their barracuda V Serial-ATA drives but I've no idea when they'll actually hit the shelves.

    The Serial-ATA cables also allow a 1 metre length from Controller to Device on a much more flexible cable [approx 4mm wide]. Definitely a plus for ease of use and case air flow.

    Serial ATA also has some inbuilt hot-swap functionality.

    [eventually the plan is that Serial ATA should be able to reach peak transfer rates of ~600 Mb/s ... current incarnations will be 150 Mb/s]


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