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| Thread ID: 77631 | 2007-03-16 19:43:00 | asus-A8N-vm + hard drives | killa275 (11593) | Press F1 |
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| 533609 | 2007-03-16 19:43:00 | Hi guys good morning i have a little problem i can here my hard drive starting to die an am going to replace it but what i want to no is how many drives can i put into my computer i download alot:o so need room.An what brand is better I have got two in at the moment the master an one slaved this is the one that is dying Thank you for any help:) |
killa275 (11593) | ||
| 533610 | 2007-03-16 20:25:00 | It looks like it supports SATA II which means you can have another 4 HDDs (SATA drives) I and a lot of others on here prefer Seagate over anything |
The_End_Of_Reality (334) | ||
| 533611 | 2007-03-16 20:46:00 | It looks like it supports SATA II which means you can have another 4 HDDs (SATA drives) I and a lot of others on here prefer Seagate over anything The master is sata an the slave is ide:illogical so i can get two more stata drives do i have to buy a cable to hook them up.I am such a noob:D an can i run ide drives instead of SATA cause i see they are cheaper |
killa275 (11593) | ||
| 533612 | 2007-03-16 21:27:00 | It looks like there's 2 SATA connections ( . asus . com/products4 . aspx?modelmenu=2&model=768&l1=3&l2=15&l3=231" target="_blank">www . asus . com) that can run in RAID 0+1 . BUT you can only have 2 SATA's not 4 like IDE . SATA's only use masters not slaves . And 4 IDE hdd's (If u dont use a cd / dvd / burner that is) . Or 2 IDE hdd's if u do have cd/dvd's/burners . You can use IDE or SATA as the main hdd . It doesnt matter . |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 533613 | 2007-03-16 23:23:00 | It looks like there's 2 SATA connections ( . asus . com/products4 . aspx?modelmenu=2&model=768&l1=3&l2=15&l3=231" target="_blank">www . asus . com) that can run in RAID 0+1 . BUT you can only have 2 SATA's not 4 like IDE . SATA's only use masters not slaves . And 4 IDE hdd's (If u dont use a cd / dvd / burner that is) . Or 2 IDE hdd's if u do have cd/dvd's/burners . You can use IDE or SATA as the main hdd . It doesnt matter . yeah i got a dvd burnner |
killa275 (11593) | ||
| 533614 | 2007-03-17 02:27:00 | Is this your mobo? www.asus.com or the a8n-vm straight like in Speedys post? I was looking at the a8n-vm-csm... | The_End_Of_Reality (334) | ||
| 533615 | 2007-03-17 02:46:00 | no reason why you cant add more drives if you want thru a pci add on ide/sata card...... | drcspy (146) | ||
| 533616 | 2007-03-17 03:32:00 | Is this your mobo? www.asus.com or the a8n-vm straight like in Speedys post? I was looking at the a8n-vm-csm... thats the one |
killa275 (11593) | ||
| 533617 | 2007-03-17 20:07:00 | thats the one Ah, so you have the A8N-VM-CSM? that means you can have a total of 4 SATA/SATA II HDDs So, your boot HDD is a SATA right? is that the only SATA? if so, you can have another 3 SATA HDDS with the A8N-VM-CSM. You can run IDE if you want, but SATA is better for speed (and the future), and they are not that much dearer, only a few dollars... But with IDE it is not recommended to run a HDD on the same IDE channel as a CD/DVD burner, which means you can really only have 2 IDE HDDs And drcspy is right, if you get THAT desperate :p you can get one of these cards (provided you have a spare PCI slot) |
The_End_Of_Reality (334) | ||
| 533618 | 2007-03-17 22:37:00 | IDE isn't a lot cheaper than sata now. But whichever you get make sure its Seagate. A nice reliable drive with 5 year warranty. |
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