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Thread ID: 110948	2010-07-08 00:47:00	Upgrading Internal Hard Drive	Bobh (5192)	Press F1

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1117079	2010-07-08 11:39:00	According to the Albatron website your board has two SATA connectors for 1.5Gbit operation. This is not the fastest SATA you can get but it will let you use the modern drives (actually, most drives still don't use the full potential of it even now) I can't seem to find the maximum hard drive size you can use though. Maybe someone else can help with that. For the record, for $200 you can get a 2TB hard drive, though I doubt it will support one that big!	Agent_24 (57)
1117080	2010-07-09 01:01:00	I can't find anything about maximum hard disk size either, The latest bios update for that motherboard was in 2005. The largest hard drives available then were in the 500GB range. Larger drives then that may work. I would recommend a SATA drive, because you will be able to keep it, when your computer is updated. PATA connectors are starting to become rare on modern motherboards. And you may need a sata data cable and a adapter for your power connection. Like this www.ascent.co.nz	McRuff (12291)
1117081	2010-07-10 00:07:00	Thanks again for your replies. I finally decided on the Western Digital Caviar Black 640 Gb 32 Mb cache. The Green was cheaper but did not appear to have a warranty. The Black has a five year warranty. Looking at my Motherboard's manual (which I downloaded) it appears it has two SATA connectors. If not I know that I can get the Molex Serial ATA cable converter. Good idea to future proof the drive. I downloaded and installed Everest Ultimate Edition. I found it very useful. Much better than Balarac Adviser. I do have a 1 Tb external hard drive which my computer accepted no problem. I was able to use the whole drive.	Bobh (5192)
1117082	2010-07-10 00:31:00	Thanks again for your replies. I finally decided on the Western Digital Caviar Black 640 Gb 32 Mb cache. The Green was cheaper but did not appear to have a warranty. The Black has a five year warranty. The WD Green have a warranty (not sure the length, maybe 3 years) but the black is a faster drive, so a better choice anyway. I downloaded and installed Everest Ultimate Edition. I found it very useful. Much better than Balarac Adviser. I do have a 1 Tb external hard drive which my computer accepted no problem. I was able to use the whole drive. I have always found Everest to be the best. In regards to the external hard drive, you would be able to use any size hard drive provided the operating system you are running supports it. BIOS has nothing to do with size in this case because the external USB enclosure has its own hardware which handles the drive, so this is not indicative of your BIOS\Motherboard being able to support a 1TB drive connected internally.	Agent_24 (57)
1117083	2010-07-10 02:26:00	get the right size and write cable - like sata or ide.	sahilcc7 (15483)
1117084	2010-07-10 03:09:00	Looking at my Motherboard's manual (which I downloaded) it appears it has two SATA connectors. If not I know that I can get the Molex Serial ATA cable converter. Good idea to future proof the drive. The motherboards connectors are for SATA Data cables. You need one Data cable and also a power cable to the Disk. The molex converter is for the power supply as it is likely that the power supply in your older computer does not have the correct power connector for Sata disks. It allows the older molex plug to power a SATA disk.	McRuff (12291)
1117085	2010-07-10 03:18:00	The motherboards connectors are for SATA Data cables. You need one Data cable and also a power cable to the Disk. The molex converter is for the power supply as it is likely that the power supply in your older computer does not have the correct power connector for Sata disks. It allows the older molex plug to power a SATA disk. Thanks for that, I may need to get that Molex plug after all.	Bobh (5192)
1117086	2010-07-10 05:30:00	The WD green drives are slower so using less power and making less heat and noise hence the name Green and they have 3 year warranties	gary67 (56)
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