Q
quaker
ON the A8N-SLI Deluxe, can I install a single SATA HD in sata #1 as my
boot device, and install a PATA drive as mass storage? Is there any
advantage to doing this? Due to the restrictions of my case, I don't
have sufficient length on the ribbon cable to install another PATA on
the same IDE channel as the other PATA drive. Besides, I wanted to
have the channel bearing only one device for faster transfers between
drives. The manual isn't really very clear to me on this point, but
does say that I can assign boot priority in the BIOS. Any help in this
area would be greatly appreciated, as the build is nearly finished and
I have held off ordering the SATA drive until I find out if it would
do me any good at all.
Thanks
boot device, and install a PATA drive as mass storage? Is there any
advantage to doing this? Due to the restrictions of my case, I don't
have sufficient length on the ribbon cable to install another PATA on
the same IDE channel as the other PATA drive. Besides, I wanted to
have the channel bearing only one device for faster transfers between
drives. The manual isn't really very clear to me on this point, but
does say that I can assign boot priority in the BIOS. Any help in this
area would be greatly appreciated, as the build is nearly finished and
I have held off ordering the SATA drive until I find out if it would
do me any good at all.
Thanks