I feel like such a noob for asking this. I built my own computer a few years ago. I put two SATA hard drives in it and there were only two SATA slots.
I wanted to install a third hard drive at some point, but I didn't know if I should get another SATA hard drive or if I'd have to go with an IDE hard drive for the third one. Can you master/slave SATA drives? What should I do?
2007-03-16 04:17:18 · 4 answers · asked by Byakuya 7 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
No, SATA doesn't work like that. At this point motherboards cheaper motherboards are only putting 2 SATA ports on them which will accommodate only 2 devices. They are still putting IDE ports on because the optical drives like dvd can't spit out enough bandwidth to saturate the IDE bus, where as the hard drives were starting to be able to. You'll either have have to buy an IDE drive or buy a PCI SATA card which usually has up to another 4 ports for you to use.
2007-03-16 05:51:24 · answer #1 · answered by jj 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's normally drawn on the cover how to jump you hard disk. That small plastic thing has a metal inside that connects the small pins you see at the end of the drive. jump your SATA as master and your IDE as slave. Some times the SATA comes with it's cables, get connected with that cable to the right place on your mother board if it is supported.
2016-03-29 01:40:06 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think I read somewhere that they cannot. The one MB I have seen had four connectors not two. Look at the drive itself, if it does not have jumper blocks, that would make it impossible to master/slave the drive on a cable.
2007-03-16 04:28:24 · answer #3 · answered by Happy Camper 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
u need to get a pci or pciE SATA contoller
PCI is cheaper but slower
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16815124006
PCIX is faster more expensive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816102051
2007-03-16 04:24:05 · answer #4 · answered by Rayford P 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋