On Saturday 23 December 2006 06:31, Istvan Gabor wrote: > > > Anyway, my MB is a K8T Neo2 - AMD64 and is SATA > capable. > > > > Here is the stupid question......Can I add a SATA drive to> > this setup and > > > > install 10.2 on it?
.<snip stuff>........... First of all many thanks to all of you who took the time to answer this question. > Hello: > > Is this MB an MSI K8T Neo2-F or K8T Neo2-FIR (socket 939)? Not sure but the manual calls it a MS 6702E and it is the Athlon 939 pin socket. > If it is then its a relatively new MB and you should not have any > problem attaching a SATA hard drive. Yes, maybe 2 years old. There are SATA1 & 2 sockets on the MB. I even got the cables when I purchased the board. I was upgrading and just reused my old ide disks. > > Just attach your SATA disk to the SATA1 connector on the MB. > Then enter the BIOS and search for a setting like enable SATA > disk and set it on. It will says that SATA1 will be Third master > hard drive or something similar. My main concern was if it would work in conjunction with/in addition to the ide controller. Still a little concerned because the mb manual discusses using the SATA drives as serial devices using the southbridge VT8237 and or as a raid setup using the Promise 20579 chipset. A little confusing to me as I really don't know hardware all that well. > > After inserting the 10.2 install DVD and rebooting the computer > (don't forget save the new BIOS settings) the install system > should recognize the new drive as 'sda' (not hdx). OK, the bios shows an option to turn on the SATA controller but nothing else. Guess I should just buy a drive and try it following your advice. > > I downloaded the MB manual but it is not detailed enough where > to find SATA setup. > > Cheers, > IG > Thanks, Bob S. > ___________________________________________________________ > Ajándékozz személyre szabott zenei válogatást karácsonyra! > http://zenearuhaz.t-online.hu/index.php?m=xmasminishop -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
