Re: [H] Wondering?
I think Win7 does as I have installed it on an old laptop that was pre-sata. His mobo may have old-gen sata, which will be very slow for an SSD, but might still work. Easier to just try it and see. On 6/18/2014 3:54 PM, DSinc wrote: Does Win7 and/or Win8.1 still see/acknowledge the old 36-pin ATA/PATA (ESDI) connectors on an old m/b? I am trying to help my Older Brother (OB) get modern. SATA is a foreign term to him. He has read it, but that is about all. His m/b (Gigabyte GA-M51GM-S2Gis OLD! Fine. But it does have 4 SATA connectors (0-4) so I'm thinking he MAY be able to do an SSD - even in IDE-mode. His current BIOS is 'F4' which may be pretty weak(?) The User Manual never mentions AHCI, and, any discussion about SATA seems to focus on RAID. Suspect this m/b may have been a 'gamer's' m/b back when RAID was the 'bee's knees.' Whatever, past history. His cpu is an AMD Athlon 64 3500. He has 2GB of RAM. Yes, I know 4GB is the current minimum. I am trying to avoid a 1200 road trip to his home to do surgery on his old PC! OB sees himself as a sorta expert, believes he can do anything, does not understand why I ask so many questions. Internal PC BS is a "take it to the shop' kind of deal. Problem is, he recently relocated and does not have a new 'take-it-to' option' so I am his only path forward. Thanks, Duncan
[H] Wondering?
Does Win7 and/or Win8.1 still see/acknowledge the old 36-pin ATA/PATA (ESDI) connectors on an old m/b? I am trying to help my Older Brother (OB) get modern. SATA is a foreign term to him. He has read it, but that is about all. His m/b (Gigabyte GA-M51GM-S2Gis OLD! Fine. But it does have 4 SATA connectors (0-4) so I'm thinking he MAY be able to do an SSD - even in IDE-mode. His current BIOS is 'F4' which may be pretty weak(?) The User Manual never mentions AHCI, and, any discussion about SATA seems to focus on RAID. Suspect this m/b may have been a 'gamer's' m/b back when RAID was the 'bee's knees.' Whatever, past history. His cpu is an AMD Athlon 64 3500. He has 2GB of RAM. Yes, I know 4GB is the current minimum. I am trying to avoid a 1200 road trip to his home to do surgery on his old PC! OB sees himself as a sorta expert, believes he can do anything, does not understand why I ask so many questions. Internal PC BS is a "take it to the shop' kind of deal. Problem is, he recently relocated and does not have a new 'take-it-to' option' so I am his only path forward. Thanks, Duncan
[H] Wondering?
OK. I use Windows Update, still. (Win2KproSP4) I am still on 56K dialup, so "AutoPatcher" is not an option. Now. When I do use WinUpdate, does the backgroud process STORE all the updates (full size) on my local hard drive? If Windows Update does store the full glut of the update(s), just WHERE are the files? (possibly a rhetoric question!, but I have not found them.) (Yes, I have looked via Explorer..) If I find them, can I safely delete them? Or, do they have to stay in place? I know, lots of questions. Sorry. I remain lame. Wondering? Best, Duncan This email scanned for Viruses and Spam by ZCloud.net
