[justenhansen]

Hello. I'd like to add a SATA hard drive to my machine. Do I need a special motherboard for this? I have an Asus A7N8x-x. I don't really know what a SATA connection looks like, and I couldn't find one in my manual.
Thanks, Justen

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No sorry, that model does not have Serial ATA ports.
http://au.asus.com/p...amp;modelmenu=1

This should be a picture of the sata wire and socket.

Edited by sarahw, 27 June 2006 - 02:26 AM.

[sarahw]

No sorry, that model does not have Serial ATA ports.
http://au.asus.com/p...amp;modelmenu=1

This should be a picture of the sata wire and socket.

Edited by sarahw, 27 June 2006 - 02:26 AM.

[HaraldR]

Another alternative may be instal a Sata card

[justenhansen]

So if I installed a Sata card, would my computer see the Sata hard drive as my master?

[sarahw]

If you set it up in bios to be master, then yes. It would be.

[WinCrazy]

An SATA drive cannot be a master or a slave. There can only be a single SATA drive on an SATA cable.

Whether a system can boot from an IDE drive or from an SATA drive can only be set in the BIOS that supports this and has onboard SATA channels.

[justenhansen]

Do you know if my motherboard has onboard SATA channels? The Asus A7n8x-x? It says absolutely nothing about SATA in my manual. Doesn't even mention the word.

Does this mean I would be wasting my money if I bought a SATA card?

[WinCrazy]

No, this means that if you want to use SATA drives you must use a PCI SATA controller.

[sarahw]

Whether a system can boot from an IDE drive or from an SATA drive can only be set in the BIOS that supports this and has onboard SATA channels.

Sorry, I wasn't clear before.
It wouldn't be a master, but can boot from the Sata if you set it up in bios to do so.