[Athlon64] -(RS480M2) - Best choice: SATA or IDE Drive ?

Yesterday I orderered a above mentioned MOBO and today I am reading some posts to see what the subjects mainly are.
And I am a bit confused about the choice I made for the HD...it´s a SATA Maxtor diamondmax 10 200G (no other HD).
There seems to be a solution for bad performance with SATA, but is it still is a good choice working with this solution (concerning performance and trouble) ?? Or is it better to change it to an IDE drive while it still can...

Go with the SATA Maxtor, they are fast, quiet and good value. Just make sure you install it in the BIOS and Windows correctly.
I have updated my post to include HD Tach measurements for a Samsung IDE drive alongside a DiamondMax 10 SATA https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=86831.0
I intend to give the Samsung to the next member of my family that runs out of disk space and get another DiamondMax 10 for my system. Will have to get another SATA cable as well 'cause MSI only give you one with the motherboard.

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I tried searching on this, but didn't find what I was looking for. If my sata drive is plugged in on it's own, everything boots fine, but when I hook up my ide drive, windows won't boot. It goes through the Nvidia boot utility and tells me it can't find a boot disk. Even if I go through and manually select the sata drive as the boot drive, it still doesn't work. I've tried the ide drive on my primary channel with a cdrw on the secondary, and vice versa. I know it will work, because it worked previously. Had to format and reinstall and now it's a no go. I've tried the sata on channels 1 and 3 with nothing different

I must say I had similar problem. While swapping IDE cables back and forth among different hdrives, the computer would not boot, would not even recognize the WD or Maxtor hard drive in any master/slave configuration. In fact in the POST, it would see my SATA Hitachi, but would refuse to boot from it.
The solution was a new replacement IDE cable. I guess, after several dozens of swaps, if not careful, some of the tiny cable strands in the IDE cable will be damaged permanently as a result of pulling on them while trying to connect/disconnect them. The evidence of a damaged IDE cable is not apparent. This happened to the red MSI supplied cable that came with my mobo.
After struggling with this problem for a day, I did come up with the idea of just trying and replacing the cable, and voila - problem was solved, and puter booted up no problem.
Hope that helps.

SATA + OLD IDE DRIVE=BSOD

I bought a new SATA drive and need to transfer files to it from my old
IDE drive. The IDE drive doesn't have any OS on it, it was previously a
slave drive used to store files.
I hooked up the SATA drive, installed XP, everything works fine. But,
when I hook in the IDE drive--as either a master or slave--the system
loads all the way up till I can see the desktop, and then immediately
crashes with a B.S.O.D.
Before the SATA drive was installed, the IDE drive in question was a
slave drive and worked fine (another IDE drive was the master).
What is causing this problem, and how can I fix it?
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RS480M2 sees IDE drive but not SATA drive

I had never had any problems with my computer until now. I installed a Samsung 250GB IDE drive internally besides my usual Samsung 80GB SATA drive but the BIOS does not see the SATA (which is connected to IDE Controller), it only recognizes the new IDE (connected to Channel 0 Master). I also have a LiteOn CD connected to Channel 1 and it is OK. The SATA drive was working normally before as the only drive and I also know the new IDE drive works because I used it on an external enclosure as a backup. Any ideas?

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What is the best choice of hard drives?

My G4 AGP.350MHz with 1.3 GHz upgrade needs an additional internal hard drive for backup. It currently has an 80 GB and 160 GB. I am moving out the 80 GB HDD to my G3 Beige. I am thinking about getting a 80-120 GB for replacement. What is the best choice of hard drives?
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"What is the best choice of hard drives?"
I'm thinking of adding a drive to my G4. I will probably put a 150 MB SATA PCI card in and get a SATA drive. Going from the ATA66 interface to the 150 SATA should be a noticeable improvement.
"Will the 80 GB hard drive, with Mac OS 10.4.4 installed, run in my G3 Beige 233MHz with G4 500MHz upgrade?"
As long as it's an IDE drive, it should work fine. Be sure you have only one of the drives set as the master, if you have more than one drive.
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[Athlon64] RS480M2 - Video replay from SATA vs PATA

I have built a HTPC and have been frustrated by the jerky replay of video (both recorded TV and ripped DVDs) from the SATA HDD.
When playing video from the SATA disk, the system "stutters" occasionly with a lot of disk activity then the disk activity light goes out for a while and replay is smooth, then the disk light comes on and the replay "stutters" again. This happens with all the various DVD players (PowerDVD, ZoomPlayer etc) I have tried. However, if the video file is on the PATA disk, then the replay is smooth and disk activity light is almost continuously on.
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Enki, the re-install was pretty much in the steps as described, (although I had to tell the BIOS that there was a floppy, then I altered the boot sequence to boot from the CD) it was a "repair" as all my software and data was still there. As this is primarily an HTPC there were gigabytes of movies and CDs, all replaceable so I was not going to cry if I lost it all so I did not back it up. Also, I used the floppy that came with the motherboard as it had the same version of drivers as on the MSI web page.
I did remove the X-Card and the TV card before starting. I found that I also had to unplug the IDE drive to reduce my confusion as the repair install wanted the IDE drive to be "C" drive.
The F6 part is right at the beginning after booting from the CD, then came a "repair console" if I remember right, that wanted the Administrator password and did not seem to do anything, just droped me back to a DOS prompt. After hitting that a couple of times I just continued through thinking I was going to have to do a scratch install, but windows comes up and asks if you want to Install XP, repair a previous installation or quit. You will have to re-enter the activation codes from the XP CD and then run XP SP2 and redo all your updates, plus AVG anti virus had to be re-installed.
Have a good read of www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm (I found this link after I had done the re-install).
After that it was a matter of plugging in and re-installing the hardware.
I also found that My Theatre had a different machine code (I suspect because of the change from IDE) and I had to re-enter my activation code before it would register.
Good luck and I hope that these notes have been of use.

New SATA drive showing as IDE drive in Bios

Just wanted to hear from some of you guys...not sure if this is right but seems weird for the bios to say my SATA drive is IDE..when its going through bios or if your selecting which drive to boot to first its listed as an IDE drive..could someone please tell me if this is correct...

This is correct.

Cannot use IDE drive with SATA drive

I just installed a 60GB Maxtor Serial ATA hard drive in VIA port 1. However, when I install my previous Maxtor 20GB EIDE hard drive in IDE1, bootup hangs at the "Serial Ch. 0/Ch. 1 device" detection screen.
Is there a trick to this??? I really need the data off my IDE drive. How do I get an IDE drive to exist along side a pre-installed SATA drive?
And does it matter if the IDE drive is set for Master or Slave?

The IDE drive should be set to "master" or "slave" depending on which connector of the cable you're using. The IDE cable included with the board clearly labels which is which.
You didn't say but I'll assume you have a K8T Neo.
If you still cannot get it to work, you should try the Promise controller.

How many IDE drives & CDrom can be installed with SATA drives??

How many IDE drives & CDrom can be installed with SATA drives??
i have 2 IDE hard disks & 2 CDROM drives: can install SATA hard disk added to these drives or do i have to remove some???
& if it can be added, can i install 2 SATA drives???
THX in advance

The 3 versions of this board that are available are:
875P Neo-FISR (PCB 2.0)
875P Neo-LSR (PCB 1.0)
875P Neo-FIS2R (PCB 1.0)
All of these boards will have the following ports provider by the chipsets ICH5R south bridge.
2 x SATA (Supporting 2 SATA HDD drives)
2 x PATA (Supporting 4 IDE devices)
All 6 of these can be used at the same time (provided you are using win XP or 2K) you just need to make sure yor BIOS is set right.
->INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS
->ON-CHIP IDE CONFIG
ATA CONFIG: S-ATA ONLY or P-ATA ONLY
S-ATA/P-ATA KEEP ENABLED: YES
OPERATE MODE:
If you set to "legacy mode" S-ATA are set to channel 1 and 2 and P-ATA to channel 3 and 4. If you set to "native mode" P-ATA are channel 1 and 2 and S-ATA 3 and 4. You can only use the raid functionfon SATA in native mode.
If you have the 875P Neo-FIS2R (PCB 1.0) you will also have the following ports provided by the Promise PDC20378 PCI controller:
2 x SATA (Supporting 2 SATA HDD drives)
1 x PATA (Supporting 1 Master IDE HDD drive)
The PATA port is limited to 1 Master HDD by the lite BIOS. This can in theory be upgraded to the full BIOS supporting a master and a slave, but this may obviously void your warranty.
So the answer to your origional question is:
2 x SATA HDDs and 4 x IDE HDD/CDROM if you have 875P Neo-FISR (PCB 2.0) or 875P Neo-LSR (PCB 1.0)
or
4 x SATA HDDs, 1 x IDE HDD (2 if you modify the BIOS) and 4 x IDE HDD/CDROM if you have 875P Neo-FIS2R (PCB 1.0)

Problem of SATA burner blu-ray drive vs IDE ribbon in the mac. Would all I need is a SATA to IDE/IDE adaptor?

I purchased an MCE blu-ray burner a while back in 2010 and am only now installing it, and am running into the problem of SATA drive vs IDE ribbon in the mac.
Would all I need is a SATA to IDE/IDE adaptor? Are there any details I need to know?

that one will definetly not work, notice how theres no place for you to hook your power connector in there? going IDE to SATA is something I am yet to find an adaptor that really works well yet( that being said i only tried once.) that being said, you can definetly use somethign like the thing i link to below assuming you have a free HDD bay. you can use it to bring one of your HDD sata ports AND power, up to your optical drive bay. That way, theres no convertion, only a quick little extention. They come in varying lengths from 3", (prob too short), to 8" (the one i linked to, might just barely be long enough, maybe still too short) to 20", more than long enough.
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http://www.ebay.com/itm/22-Pin-Male-22-Pin-Female-SATA-Extender-Cable-8-Inch-/27 0651981600?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3f041d7f20#ht_500wt_1039

Best Choice For Second Internal Hard Drive

Hello, all...
I currently have a second internal hard drive (170 GB) and want to replace it with a larger one. Do you know what the best choice of manufacturer is for internal hard drives. The one I have now is a Maxtor. I'm looking to replace the 170 GB with a 500 GB.
Thank you!
DW
Power Mac G5 Mac OS X (10.4.10) Tiger, 2.5 GHz, 2 GB DDR SDRAM, 2nd Internal Drive 170 GB

Hi-
Maxtor are good but so are Western Digital and Seagate. I have one of each.
The folowing has a good performance review of 500gb drives from the three makers:
http://www.storagereview.com/articles/200607/500_1.html
Based on that, and others on the forums will agree, Western Digital is currently the better choice.
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Sata or IDE hard drive in MBP?

Hi all,
I have a MacBook Pro 2007 Intel core duo 2.4 which has decided not to boot up anymore. I have been informed from a tech guy at work that it is most probably the logic board. So have decided to transfer my photos/movies/music files from the hard drive and on to my wife MBP under a different user.
I have been told that the easiest way to do so is by making my hard drive into an external one and then connect it to a new computer and drag the wanted files across e.g photos/movies/music (this is possible right???). However I don't know if the hard drive is SATA or IDE nor what the dimensions are of the physical drive, therefore I don't know what enclosure/caddie to buy.
Any advice on the enclosure or other ways of getting my file off what be great.

For a laptop drive, you will need a 2.5 inch enclosure although ebay will list them probably as a laptop hard drive caddy.
If your drive is IDE, the drive will look like this:
http://www.mp3car.com/attachments/general-mp3car-discussion/5576d1097012581-50-p in-laptop-ide-convertor-ata5.jpg
It it's SATA (which I suspect it may be) it will look like this:
http://www.datarecoverytutorial.com/wp-images/recover-data-from-laptop/laptop-sa ta-hard-drive.jpg
The physical size of the drives are both the same, but if it IS IDE, then it may have a convertor attached to it that looks like this:
http://l.thegreatchai.com/ide_laptop.jpg
When you buy the caddy, you will likely have to remove this convertor to plug it in. It just pulls off, but make sure do it gently because you don't want to bend or break the pins of the drive itself.
By the way, buy the caddy off eBay and do not spend more than £5/$5. It will likely come with a USB cable and carry case.

IDE over SATA for Boot Drive

If I have an IDE HD (Hitachi Deskstar 160GB) install along with my WD Sata 250 my BIOS always chooses the IDE drive to boot from. When the IDE drive is detected the sata does not show as available.
How can I have both installed, but boot from the SATA?

Quote from: Maesus on 12-January-07, 22:56:07
can you change the HDD sequence in the BIOS ? Pick the HDD you wanna boot as the 1st HDD.
No, I cannot choose the HDD. If the both the SATA and IDE is physically installed, the SATA does not show .
However if I press F11 during the boot, both the ARE listed. Using F11 to boot, I have booted from the SATA. The IDE shows in WinXP as a "disk drive." I rebooted to see if any subsequent boots would you the SATA (thinking that the F11 function sets it as default), but the boot was with the IDE.

KM4M-V + SATA Drive, Hangs at Boot, Tried IDE Drive and During Setup, Powers Off

I bought 2 KM4M-V boards to upgrade my ailing 1880+ systems. Then realized I needed DDR as well so went back for that and also decided to update CPU's to Sempron 2600+. Also picked up Seagate 80Gb SATA and a 350 watt PSU (Alaska ATX 350 P4) which was recommened for this board by the dealer.
I am having so much trouble I am about to throw in the towel. Since I am 'upgrading' everything in the system except the CDRom drive I should have just started all over with 64-bit systems but now I am kind of stuck since it is over 30 days ago I got the MB's.
Problem 1:
Using only the single SATA drive I never could get past the DMI Pool data line in Setup, it would just hang there. I read all about how to deal with SATA drives with this or similar boards here. SATA is enabled in BIOS but I can never get to the F6 load drivers step to try that. If I remove the SATA cable Setup will procede so it is something with the Seagate possibly? No jumpers needed and no preparation done to the drive. BIOS does not see the drive but the setup RAID utility does see it but says I cannot set up single drive as RAID of course, but it does report proper data about the drive. Never can get past Bios POST with SATA drive hooked up (channel 0 or 1)
Finally gave up on that and ran into Problem 2:
Put an older IDE drive in as only HD and XP Windows setup gets cranking along coping files then the system just dies. Like some pulled the plug suddenly. Happen every time. I checked for heat problems. Even ran through memory tests (SIMMTESTER), tried swapping cables, plugs and wall circuits. It dies every time no matter what.
Any suggestion would be greatly appreciated.

Quote from: Fredrik Åsenius on 24-November-05, 05:57:01
DMI pool data? When changing mobo but keeping hard disk one should do a repair install of Windows and install the mobo drivers for the new mobo.
I originally wanted to keep the Windows install but decided to remove original C drive and save for eventual D drive use. A repair install warns you that your 'My Documents' folder 'may' be deleted and I didn't want to risk it as I have years and years of photos I didn't want to risk losing.
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Addit: Seems something isn't right in the IDE configuration, or what Windows think is the config.
Bios is happy with WD drive as single master on one channel and CDRom as single master on the other (No jumper on Drive- osnavi). Windows install starts out just fine with my intention of creating a new partition but then it just BOOM, power off. My preference is to use the new SATA Baracuda as system drive and my old IDE C drive as D drive...

[Athlon64] -(RS480M2) - Best choice: SATA or IDE Drive ?

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