Hi Edward,

You should have no problems with this. Even if your disks are ATA 66, they
will still work with an ATA 100 controller (and vice-versa).

Great care was take when drafting the newer IDE specs to make sure that they
are all compatible.

Russ Poffenberger
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From: PCBUILD - Personal Computer Hardware discussion List
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Edward A, Black, Sr.
Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2005 2:44 PM
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Subject: [PCBUILD] IDE speed?...


I obtained a Promise Ultra 100 TX2  PCI-IDE card in hopes it could handle
extra drives for me. Will the Ultra100 work on my ASUS P3B-F? or do I need
to go for an Ultra66?

But if I wish to use the 20Gig as my "C" drive, and if the ASUS P3B-F board
has a 8.4G limit [I was told by someone that a limit of 8.4Gig on HD size
might exist], how would I do it?

If I hooked my first 2 drives [a 8.4 Gig & a 6.4Gig] to the Primary IDE slot
[one as master other as slave]  and my CD-RW and CD-Rom on the secondary IDE
port, would I need to put the 20Gig as a master on an IDE port on the
Ultra100 in order to use all 20 Gigs?

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