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I have an Asus A7V333 MB, how can i install a SATA drive?

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imported_myst

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I bought a refurbished 75gig 10000 rpm drive online, and it didnt ship with any wires, instructions etc >_<

i had no idea the back looks so different compared to my normal hard drives

can i install this on my motherboard? what wires do i need and where does it connect?
thanks!
 
You would need a PCI Serial ATA card, a Serial ATA data cable and possibly a Serial ATA power cable, except that from your description it's a WD Ratpro and they take standard power plugs too. Put the card in PCI slot #4. Don't expect good PCI performance from an A7V333, however, they are crummy (but you can improve them somewhat by disabling the onboard USB 2.0 controller using the jumper that disables it).
 
Originally posted by: mechBgon
You would need a PCI Serial ATA card, a Serial ATA data cable and possibly a Serial ATA power cable, except that from your description it's a WD Ratpro and they take standard power plugs too. Put the card in PCI slot #4. Don't expect good PCI performance from an A7V333, however, they are crummy (but you can improve them somewhat by disabling the onboard USB 2.0 controller using the jumper that disables it).
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may i ask why slot 4?
and if i disable my usb, can i still use my printer? (it attaches to a usb port)

andd.. can i install windows xp on this new hard drive?
 
may i ask why slot 4?
and if i disable my usb, can i still use my printer? (it attaches to a usb port)

andd.. can i install windows xp on this new hard drive?
 
From long ago: all-inclusive A7V333 thread. The fourth PCI slot doesn't share its chipset IRQ with stuff, and gave me the best performance with my SCSI disk controller.

With the USB 2.0 enabled, the SCSI card was peaking around 49MB/sec, which is ridiculous. With USB 2.0 disabled, it got up over 70MB/sec. For comparison, my nForce mobo let it hit the PCI bus's own practical ceiling, around 122MB/sec, so that's why I say don't expect stellar performance from a PCI-based disk controller on that motherboard.

With the USB 2.0 controller disabled, you will only have the USB 1.1 ports functioning, but you can still use those. Consult your manual to be certain, but IIRC the USB 1.1 ports are the ones up by the round mouse & keyboard ports, not the pair down below.
 
thanks
how many MB/sec is a regular IDE drive? (7200 rpm)

Also, would you happen to know where the jumper is to disable USB 2.0? I dont have a manual and I cant find it online >_<
 
Your Raptor should max out around 75MB/sec peak sustained-transfer rate and should burst over 100MB/sec from its cache. The jumper... I've got the manual at home in electronic format, and I'll do a screenshot that points out the jumper for you once I get home, look for that in about an hour in this thread.
 
Originally posted by: myst
thank you =)
how many mb/s is a normal 7200 rpm drive? (ata)
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Typical 7200rpm drives top out in the 50-60MB/second area, from the results I've seen. Seek time is probably going to mean more than transfer rates in making it feel snappy, however.

 
how many mb/s is a normal 7200 rpm drive? (ata)
in Everest, it says my 7200rpm is 100mb/s..
does that mean that my SATA drive will be slower than my normal IDE one because of my motherboard??
 
Originally posted by: myst
how many mb/s is a normal 7200 rpm drive? (ata)
in Everest, it says my 7200rpm is 100mb/s..
does that mean that my SATA drive will be slower than my normal IDE one because of my motherboard??
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In a flat-out sprint, your burst rate is probably going to be lower with the Serial ATA drive, yeah, because it can only burst as fast as the PCI bus will let it go, whereas the ATA/100 drive is out on the V-Link that connects the southbridge to the northbridge, and IIRC the V-Link on KT333/A topped out at 266MB/sec.

If you want a slightly better benchmark program, you can try HD Tach from http://www.simplisoftware.com.

Anyway. Here is that pic for you, showing the jumper you're after: http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/mechBgon/ASUS_A7V333_USB2_JUMPER.gif

 
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