Hi
I'm currently having Seagate 160GB IDE hdd. My mobo is Intel 975 AY Chipset based Motherboard. I checked in manual and it mentioned SATA.
Want to go for Seagate 500GB Sata drive.But it is SATA2. So do this works fine with my mobo?
Also,Old hdd is having win xp. Want to use new currently for storing data(movies,softwares) and in future(3 months later) want to install Win 7.. and may phase out xp in future.
Should i have to use this second one(new) as slave drive how should I connect? I mean how jumpers should be placed?
any idea how much power consumed by hdd, also can i keep hdd in hibernation/sleep if i'm not using it??
please help quickly as i want to buy this weekend, otherwise i need to wait for another weekend
TIA
I'm currently having Seagate 160GB IDE hdd. My mobo is Intel 975 AY Chipset based Motherboard. I checked in manual and it mentioned SATA.
Want to go for Seagate 500GB Sata drive.But it is SATA2. So do this works fine with my mobo?
Also,Old hdd is having win xp. Want to use new currently for storing data(movies,softwares) and in future(3 months later) want to install Win 7.. and may phase out xp in future.
Should i have to use this second one(new) as slave drive how should I connect? I mean how jumpers should be placed?
any idea how much power consumed by hdd, also can i keep hdd in hibernation/sleep if i'm not using it??
please help quickly as i want to buy this weekend, otherwise i need to wait for another weekend

TIA