Is my SATA disk correctly using SATA?

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Hello everybody.

Just got a new PC with SATA (my first system with SATA support).
The harddisk is partitioned in two units. Have it correctly connected
with the SATA cable.

But now my question is: "is there any way of checking / seeing if it is
really running in SATA mode? Or if it is connect the right way?" I´ve
checked the system manager in the control panel and it says that the
disk is connected to IDE-Channel 1. That doesn´t necessarily mean that
it is in IDE mode?

thanks for any help.

Fries
 
If it's connected with an IDE (Parallel ATA) cable to an IDE slot on your
motherboard then it's a good bet it's running as IDE rather than SATA. SATA
(Serial ATA) cables are generally much thinner and have smaller connectors.
 
Fries said:
Hello everybody.

Just got a new PC with SATA (my first system with SATA support).
The harddisk is partitioned in two units. Have it correctly connected
with the SATA cable.

But now my question is: "is there any way of checking / seeing if it is
really running in SATA mode? Or if it is connect the right way?" I´ve
checked the system manager in the control panel and it says that the
disk is connected to IDE-Channel 1. That doesn´t necessarily mean that
it is in IDE mode?

thanks for any help.

Fries
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S-ATA connectors are now on so many different motherboards
with different bioses that it is difficult to discern what one
manufacturer means versus another. Re-post this question in a
newsgroup or forum of the particular motherboard maker for a
more specific answer. What "IDE-Channel 1" means to one maker
may be different to another. The only common part is that S-ATA
drives are basically IDE drives with electronics and pin-outs
for S-ATA.
 
Luke said:
If it's connected with an IDE (Parallel ATA) cable to an IDE slot on your
motherboard then it's a good bet it's running as IDE rather than SATA.
SATA
(Serial ATA) cables are generally much thinner and have smaller
connectors.
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Fries:
If you've correctly installed your SATA HD to the motherboard's SATA
connector - as I'm sure you have - the HD is operating with a SATA
interface. In Device Manager (I guess that's what you meant by "system
manager") a SATA HD will frequently be reflected as a SCSI device. In still
others - as in your situation - Device Manager will indicate the SATA HD is
connected to an IDE channel. Just ignore it.
Anna
 
Hello everybody.

Just got a new PC with SATA (my first system with SATA support).
The harddisk is partitioned in two units. Have it correctly connected
with the SATA cable.

But now my question is: "is there any way of checking / seeing if it is
really running in SATA mode? Or if it is connect the right way?" I´ve
checked the system manager in the control panel and it says that the
disk is connected to IDE-Channel 1. That doesn´t necessarily mean that
it is in IDE mode?

thanks for any help.

Fries

In my CMOS setup the lineup is as follows, both boxes:

IDE Channel 0 Master DVD-ROM
IDE Channel 0 Slave None
IDE Channel 1 Master CDRW
IDE Channel 1 Slave None
IDE Channel 2 Master S_ATA1-HD
IDE Channel 3 Master None
 
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