Please tell me my mobo supports this hard drive.

[chuckywang]

I have an ABIT IS7 socket 478 mobo. Does it support the Seagate Barracuda SATA hd? I can't seem to find the SATA sockets anywhere in the pictures on newegg.

 

[Slicedbread]

it looks like its the two black connectors right next to the IDE connections

 

[imported_Kiwi]

Abit says it's there: http://www.abit-usa.com/products/mb/products.php?categories=1&model=79


😉

 

[chuckywang]

Originally posted by: Kiwi
Abit says it's there: http://www.abit-usa.com/products/mb/products.php?categories=1&model=79


😉

150 MB/sec. 😕

Typo?

 

[Matthias99]

Originally posted by: chuckywang
150 MB/sec. 😕

Typo?

Uh... what? Why would that be a typo?

Regular SATA runs at 150MBps, or 300MBps for SATAII.

 

[Markbnj]

What have you been doing here for 10k posts? Off topic? 😉

 

[chuckywang]

Originally posted by: Matthias99

Originally posted by: chuckywang
150 MB/sec. 😕

Typo?

Uh... what? Why would that be a typo?

Regular SATA runs at 150MBps, or 300MBps for SATAII.

http://www.abit-usa.com/technology/serillel_new.php

What is this mean then? It says 1.5 GB/sec (150 MB/sec) there.

 

[Matthias99]

Originally posted by: chuckywang

Originally posted by: Matthias99

Originally posted by: chuckywang
150 MB/sec. 😕

Typo?

Uh... what? Why would that be a typo?

Regular SATA runs at 150MBps, or 300MBps for SATAII.

http://www.abit-usa.com/technology/serillel_new.php

What is this mean then? It says 1.5 GB/sec (150 MB/sec) there.

1.5Gbps (or ~188MBps) is the raw transfer rate of regular SATA. With error-checking overhead, you get 150MBps (or 1.2Gbps) data throughput. Bytes != bits.

It even says it right on the page you linked:

Core Logic
- Silicon Image Sil3611 Parallel ATA to Serial ATA Bridge
- Supports Serial ATA Generation 1 transfer rate of 1.5Gb/s (150 MB/s)

 

[chuckywang]

Thank you Mattias99, it all makes sense now.

 

[DaveSimmons]

RTFM?

(most mfr sites have a PDF if you've lost yours)