CPU/Mobo A7n266-vm

[h4x0R]

i got ASUS A7N266-VM motherboard I'm going to buy a new hard disk im interested in 320 GB HDD models so here is a question to u techies can my mobo
handle SATA II drives and what are the good HDD also plz add cons and pros on the HDD :cool2:

 

[zhopudey]

I don't hink a8n266-vm supports sata drives. You could however go for the 320gb in PATA.

 

[friedclyde]

yeah i had the same mobo.........it dint support sata

 

[h4x0R]

whats the difference between sata II and pata which one is better ? ?

 

[Amol]

(ot) nice rabbit in the avatar lol. (/ot)

 

[Ethan_Hunt]

whats the difference between sata II and pata which one is better ? ?

SATA hard drives have relatively faster transfer rates as compared to a standard PATA drive.SATA hard drives can transfer data at around 1.5Gbps and SATA II transfers are around 3.0Gbps.The power & data cables of SATA are pretty neat and small as compared to the PATA counterparts.The Asus A7N266-VM is a very old AMD motherboard which dosen't have native SATA support.Obviously the SATA drives would be better over PATA drives.

 

[iosoft]

There are PCI cards (even surprised to know that they are available in Kolkata too) to add support SATA (may not be SATA-II) Hard-Disk for any old PCs.

 

[thixkull]

that board has a nforce (1) chipset onboard...
it doesnt support sata and sata ii and i`m not too sure about a 320 gb hdd.. are u running the latest bios..

i had that board and still have another system wit that board i tried a 300 gb once and it didnt work too gr8...