question reguarding SATA

[T2urtle]

Hey guys last computer i built i used IDE for the hard-drives. And now it seems like SATA in the new thing. I don't have any experience nor know what the connectors look like. Is it any diffrent than the IDE plug and play like thing. Do you need to setup the hard-drive letters or anything? What is RAID 0 i keep seeing around here.

I assume its like twice as fast or soemthing.

 

[DaveSimmons]

You've been here a year, try using Advanced Search. There are also articles and FAQs on the main AT site.


That probably sounds harsh, but this has been answered over and over again in dozens of RAID and SATA threads. But maybe someone will take pity on you and answer one last time here to save you from searching.

 

[Trey22]

No pity here, off to the search !

 

[Slick5150]

I'll be nice..

SATA is just a newer type of connection with a much smaller cable. It's theoretically faster than IDE as well, but there's not much difference at this point as far as I know. You don't need to do any kind of setup that you wouldn't have to do on any IDE drive.

RAID 0 is a way of setting up 2 or more hard drives to work together to speed up access times.

 

[mechBgon]

SATA for newbies: http://www.mechbgon.com/build/SATA.html

That any help?

 

[DaveSimmons]

Originally posted by: mechBgon
SATA for newbies: http://www.mechbgon.com/build/SATA.html

That any help?

Nice guide, as usual. It even defines RAID0. I'll keep this handy for when this is asked again tomorrow

 

[mechBgon]

I'll keep this handy for when this is asked again tomorrow

 

[Koing]

I got a new 300GB Seagate SATA HD and was wondering. Can I just put it in my pc whilst the pc is on? My PSU has SATA power connectors ans isn't SATA suppose to be hot swappable?

If I an do it this way I will as long as it is safe!

I just wish a program existed to REMEMBER where your windows were and kept them this way :thumbsup:!

Koing

 

[JimPhelpsMI]

Hi, PATA (Parallel) uses a 40 wire cable and transfers data 8 bits at the time. Rated in Bytes per seconds. Sata (Serial) uses a smaller cable with about 4-6 wires. Transfers data one bit at the time. Rated in Bits per second thus the misconception that it is faster than PATA. Takes 8 bits to make a byte. Hope this helps a bit (pun intended), Jim

 

[fire400]

SATA is faster. Sometimes you'll need a floppy disk drive to help detect this kind of stuff when your motherboard doesn't have the capability to help some OS setups identify them for themselves.

the connections are diff., you have to have a mobo that supports the SATA interface, otherwise you'll have to get a PCI card with SATA connectors. ofcourse, you'll need different wires. some SATA drives have an optional molex plug in if you don't have the SATA power cord, but you will still need to connect the specific data cables to the drive and the daughter card/mobo plug in in order to have it work properly and exchange data.

there are mobos that offer RAID support for IDE drives, but most SATA interfaces have full support for RAID 0,1. more advanced SATA interfaces will support more than just the 0,1 RAID features commonly available on todays motherboards.