Hard Drive & Motherboard Compatability?

[Azn Tr14dZ]

Will 2x 80GB Serial ATA 300 3GB/s in RAID 0 work on a motherboard that only supports Serial ATA 150 1.5GB/s? Or will a 160GB Serial ATA 3GB/s work on that same motherboard too?

 

[giorgos th.]

all of them will work.all drives have backwards compatibility.i use a barracuda sata II as sata I.

 

[prakashdeep.m]

i tried to install RHL - 9 on my Compaq Presario PC and got a msg "No Hard Drives detected". However Windows is running on my PC and when i tried to install Ubuntu-Linux for Human Beings, it detected the presence of the hard drive and showed the existing partitions.

I tried to find the HDD driver thru windows but got nothing matching with the manually loadable drivers in RHL that r listed during installation.

the hard disk in my PC is a SATA one and its number is WDC- followed by some numbers.

plz,can anyone bail me out from this predicament?

 

[Alec§taar]

Will 2x 80GB Serial ATA 300 3GB/s in RAID 0 work on a motherboard that only supports Serial ATA 150 1.5GB/s? Or will a 160GB Serial ATA 3GB/s work on that same motherboard too?

Well, I had troubles on my older Abit IC7-Max 3 mobo (running P4 3.2ghz + GeForce 6800 GT OC as well) when I put in the NEW WD "Raptor X" series disks I use in my 2nd system now (ASUS A8N-SLI Premium mobo).

From what I have read/understand, the older Raptors that worked well in the Abit mobo used "SATA Bridges" (iirc, that is the term) to communicate with disk controllers on various mobos, but the newer ones are no longer using that.

It caused problems on a 2-3 years older mobo trying to use them.

The problems? Intermittent bootups, like mad... seeing the disks, & then not. Made me hate to reboot... & installation? Touch & go, etc. apk

APK

P.S.=> I guess, you ought to check compatibility lists - WD does list those for their new "Raptor X" series drives, so you know!

It was "my bad" for not checking them first!

I actually purchased the "Raptor X's" because it was all I really wanted for my older rig, but in the end, it made up update/upgrade to an ENTIRELY NEW SYSTEM!

(& pretty penny spent or not, I am VERY happy I did in fact - my new rig absolutely DUSTS my older one, & in it's day (older rig) was considered "prime parts" in its constituent componentry makeup)...

So, for myself @ least, it all worked out well in the end imo! Sometimes? Problems aren't really that @ all, but doorways to better things (I try to be an optimist)... apk

 

[Jimmy 2004]

i tried to install RHL - 9 on my Compaq Presario PC and got a msg "No Hard Drives detected". However Windows is running on my PC and when i tried to install Ubuntu-Linux for Human Beings, it detected the presence of the hard drive and showed the existing partitions.

I tried to find the HDD driver thru windows but got nothing matching with the manually loadable drivers in RHL that r listed during installation.

the hard disk in my PC is a SATA one and its number is WDC- followed by some numbers.

plz,can anyone bail me out from this predicament?

Are you not understanding what I told you last time, stop posting this in the wrong section of the forums in someone elses thread! Why post it three times where people aren't looking to help you. If you want help, START A NEW THREAD IN THE LINUX SECTION RATHER THAN TRIPPLE POSTING.

 

[prakashdeep.m]

i'm sorry to have posted in the wrong thread. it was only out of desperation n frustration of not being able 2 install RHL that i did this. thnx neway 4 ur suggestions.

 

[CjStaal]

He's new, jimmy, chill a little.

 

[Azn Tr14dZ]

I know, he's getting mad at a new member. Chillax a little (Chill and Relax combined, cool huh?)

 

[Jimmy 2004]

Sorry, but did either of you guys tripple post your first post in the wrong place every time without listening to the advice given to you first time around?