Pata and Sata

[sdgserv]

Can u use a Pata drive with a Sata drive on the Asus p4c800ed. I have a WD raptor and want to install a WD 200g on the promise controler?

 

[ts3433]

You should be able to use PATA and SATA in conjuction with each other, as far as I know.

 

[Tarrant64]

What's the difference between the two?

 

[jiffylube1024]

Originally posted by: sdgfish
Can u use a Pata drive with a Sata drive on the Asus p4c800ed. I have a WD raptor and want to install a WD 200g on the promise controler?

Yes, they will work fine together. You can either connect the PATA drive with a PATA connector or use a PATA to SATA adaptor (like Abit's "serillel 2.0" converter) which will let you plug in the PATA drive into a SATA port.

If you do not have one of these adaptors though, it will still work fine using the SATA drive with a SATA cable and the PATA drive with a PATA cable.

 

[joelslaw]

Originally posted by: Tarrant64
What's the difference between the two?

about 33 pins :laugh:
PATA is another word for IDE (got the joke now? sata cable - 7 pins, ide cable - 40 pins ...... well, I thought it was funny)

 

[Tarrant64]

Originally posted by: joelslaw

Originally posted by: Tarrant64
What's the difference between the two?

about 33 pins :laugh:
PATA is another word for IDE (got the joke now? sata cable - 7 pins, ide cable - 40 pins ...... well, I thought it was funny)

Yeah, i got it. Thanks