Re: how to tell if motherboard is SATA or IDE friendly?
- From: Willis <gods-servant@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 23:06:20 -0600
David Armour wrote:
Hello,Look at your mother board and look at the wire connecting the hdd to the
I'd like to add a second hard-drive to my Gutsy system. And I've read that SATA
drives are nominally 'easier' to self-install (don't need to set jumper
switches), although I've also seen various messages that suggest Ubuntu & SATA
don't always play 'nice' with each other. (!)
But my dealer asked me if my motherboard supported SATA, and I haven't been able
to find a on-line source for determining that. System/Preferences/Hardware
Information and System/Administration/System Monitor supply lots of info that
might mean something to someone, but apart from telling me that I've got a
"Duron(tm)" processor rated at 1.6 GHz...
Do I have to look for something on the motherboard?
Any suggestions gratefully received.
board. If you have a 40 pin connector, about an inch and a half long.
it is an ide and if it is a small connector, about a half inch in
length, it is sata. Hope that helps.
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