ata66 hd into ata33 asus P5a mb?

[Vagrant]

my poor old 1.2 gb hd has died. I am looking at buying a 15 gb Quantum Fireball 7200 rpm ata66.
Will this work on my ata33 mb. I can't afford a new mb as well so figured I would upgrade one bit at a time.

Cheers for any help or suggestions

Vagrant

 

[sciencewhiz]

Yes, an ATA66 hard-drive will work in with an ATA33 controller. You will be limited to ATA33 speeds, though. It is unlikely that you will notice the difference between ATA66 and ATA33 controllers.

 

[dennilfloss]

The Quantum Fireball LM Plus will automatically detect and start working at ATA33 without any help needed. I think that with some other brands (IBM?) you need to download and run a small program to make their ATA 66 drives work at ATA33.

I have the 20Gb Fireball Plus LM and I love it. It is way faster than my CR was. Boot up time is considerably shorter. The drive is noisy but I like to hear when my hard disk is accessed.

 

[HellRaven]

I got a system here with the same mobo, same hard drive except the 30gb model - Worked just fine, only at ata33.