No should be fine. They sell molex to sata power adapters, as long as the mobo has sata ports youll be ok.
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k, thx man
Originally Posted by vwgti  No should be fine. They sell molex to sata power adapters, as long as the mobo has sata ports youll be ok. |
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thx, do u think it might come with an adapter, and has anyone had trouble with running OSes off Sata2 drives?
Originally Posted by DuckieHo 4-pin Molex to SATA adapter: http://www.performance-pcs.com/catal...ducts_id=20580 |
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Huh?
If the motherboard has a SATA connector, it supports at least SATA 1.5GB/s. All HDs are backwards compatible so will work.
For the power, check if the PSU has a SATA power port. If not, use the adapter I linked.
Originally Posted by [email protected] thx, do u think it might come with an adapter, and has anyone had trouble with running OSes off Sata2 drives? |
If the motherboard has a SATA connector, it supports at least SATA 1.5GB/s. All HDs are backwards compatible so will work.
For the power, check if the PSU has a SATA power port. If not, use the adapter I linked.
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ya, i know they are backwards compatible. it i was thinking of getting him a SATA2 drive cuz it supports SATA2. but when the SATA2 drives first came out, i heard they had bugs and souldnt be used to run OSes off of. so, have they fixed the bugs in sata2?
Originally Posted by DuckieHo Huh? If the motherboard has a SATA connector, it supports at least SATA 1.5GB/s. All HDs are backwards compatible so will work. For the power, check if the PSU has a SATA power port. If not, use the adapter I linked. |
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As long as you have XP SP2, you should be fine.
Originally Posted by [email protected] ya, i know they are backwards compatible. it i was thinking of getting him a SATA2 drive cuz it supports SATA2. but when the SATA2 drives first came out, i heard they had bugs and souldnt be used to run OSes off of. so, have they fixed the bugs in sata2? |
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XP Pro 64
Originally Posted by DuckieHo As long as you have XP SP2, you should be fine. |
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