ATA 100

[2fast]

Do all Ultra/ata 100 hard drives require a pci card?

If it ain't broke don't fix it

 

[camieabz]

ATA 100 drives need to run at ATA100 with a motherboard which supports ATA100. Some boards support ATA 100 RAID and this will allow certain RAID configurations. Others would need a RAID controller card installed.

Unless you are considering RAID, just look for a mobo with "ATA 100" or "UDMA100".

I'm sure Crashman would explain this more fully.(He answered a few RAID questions for me)

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"Now drop your weapons or I'll kill him with this deadly jelly baby."
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[Arrow]

Not all ATA100 drives require an ATA100 PCI card. ATA100 drives are backward compatible with lower IDE speed standards. If you want the benefit of the ATA100 speed, you'll either have to use a motherboard with built-in ATA100 support or use a PCI ATA100 controller card.

Rob
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[2fast]

Thanks guys for the input I actually went out today and got a good deal on a Maxtor 40 Gig Ultra 100 $129.00 (I think it's good anyway)Next stop is mobo and CPU.

If it ain't broke don't fix it

 

[Arrow]

Have fun building/upgrading(?)!

Rob
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