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Date: | Fri, 26 Aug 2005 10:44:17 -0700 |
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The most common hard drive interface has gone through a variety of
*compatible* improvements over the years. Steps along the way have been
known as IDE, EIDE, ATAPI, Ultra/UDMA, and, now that a new interface (SATA
or "Serial ATA") is appearing, some manufacturers are calling it "Parallel
ATA".
Best possible results will be obtained if the motherboard/controller and
drives use the same revision of the interface (and, in the case of
Ultra/UDMA, the new cable), but as far as I know a drive built to any of
these interface specs will work with a controller built to any of them.
If your purchased drive is actually SATA and not just ATA, you can
purchase a SATA controller card that will go in a PCI slot. But if the
drive has a 40-pin connector, you should be able to use it just fine.
David Gillett
On 25 Aug 2005 at 22:00, CANDACE BACA wrote:
> I'm putting together my second PC, so needless to say, I have a lot to
> learn. But, my problem was I ordered a Western Digital Hard Drive ATA, and
> I need a WDHard Drive IDE. Newegg.com only has IDE Ultras. Are they the
> same thing? Please help.
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