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2004-03-27, 03:24 AM
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Ok, it looks like my HD went kapoot on me (in regards to the other thread). So, i decided to get a new HD from newegg.
After looking around I decided on getting a Seagate 160gb 7200RPM with SATA interface. I figured I could use it for a few months and then give it to my fiance, then I would get 2 SATA 10000RPM HD's and set them up on a RAID-0 array. I have a Asus P4C800E-Deluxe MB. According to the manual there are 2 SATA connectors which are labled SATA1 and SATA2. The box came with the cable I need to use. My question is, how does the HD connect to the MB? Do I just connect a SATA cable from the HD to one of the SATA slots on the MB? Does a SATA HD involve connecting a ribbon into an IDE channel? Do I need to do both? I'm hoping someone can shed some light on the process of hooking up this SATA HD before it arrives from NewEgg. Thanks 
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2004-03-27, 10:34 AM
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no ribbons involved with SATA. You're exactly right, just hook up that thin cable directly from the HD to the mobo. The only thing I would check out with seagate is the power connections. I have 2 seagate 120 gig SATA drives, and they don't come with 4 pin molex power connectors like raptors do. They have only the SATA power connections. But if its not a big deal you can buy molex-to-SATA power converters for about 5 bucks each.
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2004-03-27, 12:29 PM
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IF you bought the retail version of the P4C800-E you should have SATA power cables and conector cables. But you can spend 20 bucks and get a quickconnect SATA cable from Westerndigital that is both the power and the signal cable if you want. Anyway connect the signal connector to the regular SATA one on the board. Theyre the two SATA higher up on the board if your using a tower and its in the case(The board has two SATA regular connections and two SATA Raid connectors for using SATA in a raid). When you get the raid the two SATA connectors on the board closer to the power led connector and etc and the onboard firewire connector are the Raid SATA connectors. It should say SATA Raid 1 and SATA Raid 2 under the SATA Raid connectors on the board and SATA 1 and SATA 2 next to the regular SATA ones.
The Raid cables with the retail P4C800-E are the two bags of thin flat red cables and red caps. The power ones are the ones in the bags with a molex connector and two small flat black connectors laying against each other. There are two in each bag and two bags of them. They will, as i said, have two black connectors laying opposite directions against one another and when you find the end that is the connector it will look like a long usb connection. The Sata power cords that come with the board just connect to the SATA power and then to a regular molex connector from the power supply. There are two SATA side connecters per Molex so you only need one for the raid later. You can combine different types of harddrives on this board but you have to read the manual for the exact combos you can use. Though its pretty much any of them you want, besides combining none raid and raid in one drive. Though You use the regular IDE connectors to make an IDE raid i think with the IDE raid connector. Youd have to read how to do it in the manual. Last edited by Ait'al; 2004-03-27 at 12:46 PM. |
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2004-03-27, 12:39 PM
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Why didn't i get SATA power connectors with my board it has everything else the c has arg.
I would try out a WesterDigital SATA, they have Molex and SATA power conectors, so no worries and the WD drive offer slighly more performance at the expence of 3-4 deccibles of sound. I'm gona be getting the 120 WD SATA soon
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2004-03-27, 12:50 PM
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The SATA quick connects that come with WDs SATA drives kick ass. There nice and long, connect both the power and the signal cable to the motherboard, and are sturdy as hell. Not to mention the nice blue color. I think they come with both the newer SATA OEMs and the boxed drives that have there hardrive software.
Edit: And i got that round Zalmans hsf. The weight is nowhere near a problem. It feels heavy when you hold it, but when you put it on the board and lift it, it feels like a feather. I havent used it yet. Ive just stuck it on the MB with the processor to test its stability. ITs also stable as hell once its screwed down, and easy to remove and put back one. Side question, but, Do you have to worry about putting thermal stuf on a processor with one of those little venting holes on its top. Last edited by Ait'al; 2004-03-27 at 12:57 PM. |
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2004-03-27, 01:00 PM
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2004-03-27, 01:13 PM
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SATA use alot less power than an IDE. And the quick connect cables have pins in the power SATA part of it. I thought it dealt with the power.
Last edited by Ait'al; 2004-03-27 at 01:18 PM. |
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2004-03-27, 01:15 PM
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And once again aital is wrong. There are seperate power, and data connections on SATA drives, the connectors look similar, but are seperate.
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