Serial and Parallel ATA

[ShdwDmn]

Ok, my question is pretty straight foward, if a mother board has both Serial ATA and Parallel ATA, can you use them both? or is it limited to using one or the other?

I appreciate anyones help

 

[SEALBoy]

Yes they both can be used. SATA is one drive per port, so the number of SATA drives you can have = number of SATA ports. PATA can have up to two drives per port.

To the best of my knowledge, they can both be used simultaneously.

 

[ShdwDmn]

thank you