can I do it?

murdoch · 27-September-04, 09:27 AM

hey all, i have an asus A7N8X-E deluxe motherboard i currently have a WD 250gig and a WD 200gig IDE harddrives and i want to get a WD Raptor 36gig for my OS i've looked just about everywhere and get mixed reviews on wheather or not i can do it. someone tell me the truth.
thanks
Murdoch

Im_gumby · 27-September-04, 09:38 AM

Why couldn't you? Each IDE port has the capability for 2 devices per port, 1 master and 1 slave.
Put the 36 gig as Master on the first port and life should be good (also assuming you tell it to boot from this one in the BIOS.)

murdoch · 27-September-04, 09:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Im_gumby


	Why couldn't you? Each IDE port has the capability for 2 devices per port, 1 master and 1 slave. Put the 36 gig as Master on the first port and life should be good (also assuming you tell it to boot from this one in the BIOS.)

I agree but, i already have 2 IDE hard drives and 2 IDE opticals. what i need to know is the SATA a separate channel or does it consume one of the IDE channels. basically is it one or the other or can i use both IDE and SATA?
Murdoch

FunkyFresh · 27-September-04, 09:45 AM

I currently have a A7N8X (rev 1) with a Raptor as a boot drive (on a Serial ATA channel), a regular IDE drive for data, and two optical drives. That leaves me with another open IDE port that I'm sure I could use if I wanted.

EDIT: to answer your most recent question, yes, SATA is an entirely separate channel from the IDE's.

As I recall, the only trick is you have to tell the bios to boot from SCSI first (yes, it sees SATA as SCSI). But your bios may be a newer revision than mine.

27-September-04, 09:27 AM		#1 (permalink)
murdoch Apex Techie Wannabe	can I do it? hey all, i have an asus A7N8X-E deluxe motherboard i currently have a WD 250gig and a WD 200gig IDE harddrives and i want to get a WD Raptor 36gig for my OS i've looked just about everywhere and get mixed reviews on wheather or not i can do it. someone tell me the truth. thanks Murdoch

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27-September-04, 09:38 AM		#2 (permalink)
Im_gumby Slightly Silly Moderator	Why couldn't you? Each IDE port has the capability for 2 devices per port, 1 master and 1 slave. Put the 36 gig as Master on the first port and life should be good (also assuming you tell it to boot from this one in the BIOS.)

27-September-04, 09:45 AM		#4 (permalink)
FunkyFresh 'Da Doctor of Funk	I currently have a A7N8X (rev 1) with a Raptor as a boot drive (on a Serial ATA channel), a regular IDE drive for data, and two optical drives. That leaves me with another open IDE port that I'm sure I could use if I wanted. EDIT: to answer your most recent question, yes, SATA is an entirely separate channel from the IDE's. As I recall, the only trick is you have to tell the bios to boot from SCSI first (yes, it sees SATA as SCSI). But your bios may be a newer revision than mine.