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Adding Serial ATA to 4-drive system?
My system is currently configured for 3 hard drives and a CD-RW. Can
I add a Serial ATA drive and still keep all 4 other devices connected? |
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*no spam* wrote:
My system is currently configured for 3 hard drives and a CD-RW. Can I add a Serial ATA drive and still keep all 4 other devices connected? Yes. If you want to boot from the SATA drive you will need to add the SATA drivers Otherwise, just connect the power and signal cables, which may require a $3 adapter. |
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*no spam* wrote in message om... My system is currently configured for 3 hard drives and a CD-RW. Can I add a Serial ATA drive and still keep all 4 other devices connected? Yes, you can add a PCI card that will take SATA drives if you have a free PCI slot. |
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