Re: HDD with EIDE interface

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Unless you buy a PCI SATA card or a new mobo [with SATA],
that is your only option.


"Luminore" <luminore@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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|I need buy new HDD, my MB is old enough and supports two
IDE ports up to 4
| ATAPI devices.
| Should I use only HDD that have EIDE interface? Can I use
Samsung HD040GJ
| internal 3.5 SATAII 7200rpm 8MB cache model?
|


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