no technical reasons ....just that dunno y i trust pata drives more...also i like the connections of the pata data n power cables...sata drives connections seem too loose n fragile
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Now for some advice for the following steps: If you have trouble hitting higher HTT/FSB speeds, check one of the following:
-SATA in port 1 or 2? Move it to 3 or 4, as 1+2 are generally unlocked. This may have been resolved with the Nforce4, but I am not certain. A sign of this is a limit around 229mhz
O/T : As many of you are talking about sata and stability in this thread. I would add - if you have stability issues with SATA on newer M/C's the first thing i would recommend is disabling SATA spread spectrum and then O/C.