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M.J.S.

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(Msg. 1) Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 3:38 pm Post subject: A8N-SLI Deluxe - Does it do SATA2? Archived from groups: alt>comp>periphs>mainboard>asus (more info?)

Giving the old A8N-SLI Deluxe one final tune-up before switching to Quad Core next year. Want to buy a new hard drive. My motherboard doesn't do SATA2, does it? So what should I be looking for? Anything in the SATA category? I've got two SATA slots left I can fill up. Are SATA2 drives backward-compatible? Can I use it on my A8N-SLI Deluxe and then migrate it over to the new computer (SATA2) when the day comes? >> Stay informed about: A8N-SLI Deluxe - Does it do SATA2?

GMAN

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(Msg. 2) Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 5:05 pm Post subject: Re: A8N-SLI Deluxe - Does it do SATA2? [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

In article <471f9f3b$0$47156$892e7fe2@authen.yellow.readfreenews.net>, "M.J.S." <no DeleteThis @thanks.com> wrote: >Giving the old A8N-SLI Deluxe one final tune-up before switching to Quad >Core next year. > >Want to buy a new hard drive. > >My motherboard doesn't do SATA2, does it? So what should I be looking for? >Anything in the SATA category? I've got two SATA slots left I can fill up. > I dont know off hand if that board does SATA2 or not , but yes, the drives are backwards compatible so get the SATA2 drive and it will run as fast as the motherboard will drive it, then youll have it for when you upgrade to newer system next year. >Are SATA2 drives backward-compatible? Can I use it on my A8N-SLI Deluxe and >then migrate it over to the new computer (SATA2) when the day comes? > > >> Stay informed about: A8N-SLI Deluxe - Does it do SATA2?

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(Msg. 3) Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 9:04 pm Post subject: Re: A8N-SLI Deluxe - Does it do SATA2? [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

In general sata 2 drives are backward compatible Some people have reported probs with 'some' sata2 drives on sata1 controlers "M.J.S." <no.RemoveThis@thanks.com> wrote in message news:471f9f3b$0$47156$892e7fe2@authen.yellow.readfreenews.net... > Giving the old A8N-SLI Deluxe one final tune-up before switching to Quad > Core next year. > > Want to buy a new hard drive. > > My motherboard doesn't do SATA2, does it? So what should I be looking for? > Anything in the SATA category? I've got two SATA slots left I can fill up. > > Are SATA2 drives backward-compatible? Can I use it on my A8N-SLI Deluxe > and then migrate it over to the new computer (SATA2) when the day comes? > >> Stay informed about: A8N-SLI Deluxe - Does it do SATA2?

Bob Knowlden

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(Msg. 4) Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 9:29 pm Post subject: Re: A8N-SLI Deluxe - Does it do SATA2? [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

The A8N-SLI Deluxe is supposed to support the 3Gb/s SATA rate. I think that it may not support AHCI, but I doubt that is something that most users would miss. Some 3 Gb/s drives have jumpers to limit them to 1.5 Gb/s for compatibility. (Some of the drives come jumpered to 1.5 Gb/s by default, which can be an annoyance.) I have read suggestions that WD Raptor drives (10k RPM) have problems with mainboards that use the Intel P35 chipset, but that shouldn't be a problem for you. Return address scrambled. Replace nkbob with bobkn. "M.J.S." <no.TakeThisOut@thanks.com> wrote in message news:471f9f3b$0$47156$892e7fe2@authen.yellow.readfreenews.net... > Giving the old A8N-SLI Deluxe one final tune-up before switching to Quad > Core next year. > > Want to buy a new hard drive. > > My motherboard doesn't do SATA2, does it? So what should I be looking for? > Anything in the SATA category? I've got two SATA slots left I can fill up. > > Are SATA2 drives backward-compatible? Can I use it on my A8N-SLI Deluxe > and then migrate it over to the new computer (SATA2) when the day comes? > >> Stay informed about: A8N-SLI Deluxe - Does it do SATA2?

Randy

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(Msg. 5) Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 9:29 pm Post subject: Re: A8N-SLI Deluxe - Does it do SATA2? [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

I never got mine to work. Not sure the problem. Enabled it in the BIOS but it never recognized the external SATA2 drive. RR "Bob Knowlden" <nkbob.TakeThisOut@comcast.net> wrote in message news:GOqdnSDHNfPwbILanZ2dnUVZ_hGdnZ2d@comcast.com... > The A8N-SLI Deluxe is supposed to support the 3Gb/s SATA rate. I think > that it may not support AHCI, but I doubt that is something that most > users would miss. > > Some 3 Gb/s drives have jumpers to limit them to 1.5 Gb/s for > compatibility. (Some of the drives come jumpered to 1.5 Gb/s by default, > which can be an annoyance.) > > I have read suggestions that WD Raptor drives (10k RPM) have problems with > mainboards that use the Intel P35 chipset, but that shouldn't be a problem > for you. > > > Return address scrambled. Replace nkbob with bobkn. > > "M.J.S." <no.TakeThisOut@thanks.com> wrote in message > news:471f9f3b$0$47156$892e7fe2@authen.yellow.readfreenews.net... >> Giving the old A8N-SLI Deluxe one final tune-up before switching to Quad >> Core next year. >> >> Want to buy a new hard drive. >> >> My motherboard doesn't do SATA2, does it? So what should I be looking >> for? Anything in the SATA category? I've got two SATA slots left I can >> fill up. >> >> Are SATA2 drives backward-compatible? Can I use it on my A8N-SLI Deluxe >> and then migrate it over to the new computer (SATA2) when the day comes? >> > >> Stay informed about: A8N-SLI Deluxe - Does it do SATA2?

Natéag

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(Msg. 6) Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 9:36 am Post subject: Re: A8N-SLI Deluxe - Does it do SATA2? [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

Different experience here with the same motherboard. It worked. Did not use Raptor though. "Randy" <raricks2 DeleteThis @roadrunner.com> a écrit dans le message de news:471fffac$0$25695$4c368faf@roadrunner.com... >I never got mine to work. Not sure the problem. Enabled it in the BIOS >but it never recognized the external SATA2 drive. > RR > > "Bob Knowlden" <nkbob DeleteThis @comcast.net> wrote in message > news:GOqdnSDHNfPwbILanZ2dnUVZ_hGdnZ2d@comcast.com... >> The A8N-SLI Deluxe is supposed to support the 3Gb/s SATA rate. I think >> that it may not support AHCI, but I doubt that is something that most >> users would miss. >> >> Some 3 Gb/s drives have jumpers to limit them to 1.5 Gb/s for >> compatibility. (Some of the drives come jumpered to 1.5 Gb/s by >> default, which can be an annoyance.) >> >> I have read suggestions that WD Raptor drives (10k RPM) have problems >> with mainboards that use the Intel P35 chipset, but that shouldn't be a >> problem for you. >> >> >> Return address scrambled. Replace nkbob with bobkn. >> >> "M.J.S." <no DeleteThis @thanks.com> wrote in message >> news:471f9f3b$0$47156$892e7fe2@authen.yellow.readfreenews.net... >>> Giving the old A8N-SLI Deluxe one final tune-up before switching to Quad >>> Core next year. >>> >>> Want to buy a new hard drive. >>> >>> My motherboard doesn't do SATA2, does it? So what should I be looking >>> for? Anything in the SATA category? I've got two SATA slots left I can >>> fill up. >>> >>> Are SATA2 drives backward-compatible? Can I use it on my A8N-SLI Deluxe >>> and then migrate it over to the new computer (SATA2) when the day comes? >>> >> > > >> Stay informed about: A8N-SLI Deluxe - Does it do SATA2?

Joe Mama

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(Msg. 7) Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 10:04 am Post subject: Re: A8N-SLI Deluxe - Does it do SATA2? [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

Bob Knowlden wrote: > > I have read suggestions that WD Raptor drives (10k RPM) have problems > with mainboards that use the Intel P35 chipset, but that shouldn't be a > problem for you. > Got any more info on that problem, by any chance? I've just upgraded most of my system (to a P35 motherboard), but kept my WD Raptor, and have been thinking that HD access "feels" a bit sluggish and weird. Would love to get some insight, if you've got a link handy, please. Cheers, -joe. >> Stay informed about: A8N-SLI Deluxe - Does it do SATA2?

Bob Knowlden

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(Msg. 8) Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 9:20 pm Post subject: Re: A8N-SLI Deluxe - Does it do SATA2? [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

I probably shouldn't have written about the Raptors, as I have no personal experience with them. (I'm too cheap, I suppose.) The Abit forums have some quasi-information: http://forum.uabit.com/showthread.php?t=129716 It sounds like there's no consistent failure of Raptors with P35 boards. I've had good luck with my Abit IP35 Pro based system; even the RAID 10 array works. (I doubt that RAID was worth the trouble, but it's currently the done thing in "enthusiast" machines.) "Joe Mama" <bloodywanker.TakeThisOut@drugsmakemecool.com> wrote in message news:47209505$0$30557$5a62ac22@per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au... > Bob Knowlden wrote: >> >> I have read suggestions that WD Raptor drives (10k RPM) have problems >> with mainboards that use the Intel P35 chipset, but that shouldn't be a >> problem for you. >> > Got any more info on that problem, by any chance? I've just upgraded most > of my system (to a P35 motherboard), but kept my WD Raptor, and have been > thinking that HD access "feels" a bit sluggish and weird. Would love to > get some insight, if you've got a link handy, please. > > Cheers, > -joe. >> Stay informed about: A8N-SLI Deluxe - Does it do SATA2?

Len Mattix

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(Msg. 9) Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 9:30 pm Post subject: Re: A8N-SLI Deluxe - Does it do SATA2? [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

A8N-SLI Deluxe supports SATA2 on the NVIDIA controler but not on the Sil Image which only can do SATA1 speed. Running two Seagate SATA2 250GB drives in RAID 0 array. XP & Vista both see as 3.0 GBS speed. FWIW, Len "M.J.S." <no DeleteThis @thanks.com> wrote in message news:471f9f3b$0$47156$892e7fe2@authen.yellow.readfreenews.net... > Giving the old A8N-SLI Deluxe one final tune-up before switching to Quad > Core next year. > > Want to buy a new hard drive. > > My motherboard doesn't do SATA2, does it? So what should I be looking for? > Anything in the SATA category? I've got two SATA slots left I can fill up. > > Are SATA2 drives backward-compatible? Can I use it on my A8N-SLI Deluxe > and then migrate it over to the new computer (SATA2) when the day comes? > >> Stay informed about: A8N-SLI Deluxe - Does it do SATA2?

Randy

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(Msg. 10) Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 8:33 pm Post subject: Re: A8N-SLI Deluxe - Does it do SATA2? [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

Which is the connector in the back of the motherboard. Are you saying that one does not support SATA2? Randy "Len Mattix" <len207.DeleteThis@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:A46dnTiVLqLU3rzanZ2dnUVZ_jmdnZ2d@adelphia.com... > A8N-SLI Deluxe supports SATA2 on the NVIDIA controler but not on the Sil > Image which only can do SATA1 speed. Running two Seagate SATA2 250GB > drives in RAID 0 array. XP & Vista both see as 3.0 GBS speed. > > FWIW, > Len > > "M.J.S." <no.DeleteThis@thanks.com> wrote in message > news:471f9f3b$0$47156$892e7fe2@authen.yellow.readfreenews.net... >> Giving the old A8N-SLI Deluxe one final tune-up before switching to Quad >> Core next year. >> >> Want to buy a new hard drive. >> >> My motherboard doesn't do SATA2, does it? So what should I be looking >> for? Anything in the SATA category? I've got two SATA slots left I can >> fill up. >> >> Are SATA2 drives backward-compatible? Can I use it on my A8N-SLI Deluxe >> and then migrate it over to the new computer (SATA2) when the day comes? >> > > >> Stay informed about: A8N-SLI Deluxe - Does it do SATA2?

GMAN

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(Msg. 11) Posted: Sat Oct 27, 2007 6:20 am Post subject: Re: A8N-SLI Deluxe - Does it do SATA2? [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

In article <4BQTi.4223$0Q2.2505@newsfe5-win.ntli.net>, "old man" <dl.DeleteThis@spoofmail.notme> wrote: >In general sata 2 drives are backward compatible >Some people have reported probs with 'some' sata2 drives on sata1 controlers > > Usually there will be a jumper on a SATA2 drive to force SATA1 mode. Then when you move on to a SATA2 MB, you can remove jumper back to full speed. >"M.J.S." <no.DeleteThis@thanks.com> wrote in message >news:471f9f3b$0$47156$892e7fe2@authen.yellow.readfreenews.net... >> Giving the old A8N-SLI Deluxe one final tune-up before switching to Quad >> Core next year. >> >> Want to buy a new hard drive. >> >> My motherboard doesn't do SATA2, does it? So what should I be looking for? >> Anything in the SATA category? I've got two SATA slots left I can fill up. >> >> Are SATA2 drives backward-compatible? Can I use it on my A8N-SLI Deluxe >> and then migrate it over to the new computer (SATA2) when the day comes? >> > > >> Stay informed about: A8N-SLI Deluxe - Does it do SATA2?

Robert Hancock1

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(Msg. 12) Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2007 2:20 am Post subject: Re: A8N-SLI Deluxe - Does it do SATA2? [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

Bob Knowlden wrote: > The A8N-SLI Deluxe is supposed to support the 3Gb/s SATA rate. I think > that it may not support AHCI, but I doubt that is something that most > users would miss. The nForce4 chipset doesn't do AHCI, but it does support NCQ using a different interface (ADMA). You need the NVIDIA drivers installed to get this, the default Microsoft IDE driver won't do NCQ. > Some 3 Gb/s drives have jumpers to limit them to 1.5 Gb/s for > compatibility. (Some of the drives come jumpered to 1.5 Gb/s by > default, which can be an annoyance.) > > I have read suggestions that WD Raptor drives (10k RPM) have problems > with mainboards that use the Intel P35 chipset, but that shouldn't be a > problem for you. > > > Return address scrambled. Replace nkbob with bobkn. > > "M.J.S." <no RemoveThis @thanks.com> wrote in message > news:471f9f3b$0$47156$892e7fe2@authen.yellow.readfreenews.net... >> Giving the old A8N-SLI Deluxe one final tune-up before switching to >> Quad Core next year. >> >> Want to buy a new hard drive. >> >> My motherboard doesn't do SATA2, does it? So what should I be looking >> for? Anything in the SATA category? I've got two SATA slots left I can >> fill up. >> >> Are SATA2 drives backward-compatible? Can I use it on my A8N-SLI >> Deluxe and then migrate it over to the new computer (SATA2) when the >> day comes? >> > -- Robert Hancock Saskatoon, SK, Canada To email, remove "nospam" from hancockr RemoveThis @nospamshaw.ca Home Page: http://www.roberthancock.com/ >> Stay informed about: A8N-SLI Deluxe - Does it do SATA2?

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