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The ARP590 supports of ATX and Extended ATX motherboards means dual processor solutions for your mobile coputing needs. The ARP590 series portable platform provides a totally integrated solution for mobile computing applications requiring industrial ruggedness, robustness and system configurations found in desktop workstations. The chassis supports Micro-ATX, ATX, and Extended ATX form factor motherboards. This means the latest motherboard designed for desktop PC, workstation, or server are available to you to customize it with your processor and peripheral options.
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What is a satae?
A sata cable connects a motherboard to a Sata hard drive. Modern power supplies have special chords made to power Sata hard drives where as old ones do not. Older computers have Eide cables to connect the motherboard to the hard drive.
Does the hard drive contain the mother board?
No the hard drive is attached to the motherboard via a IDE/SATA cable
What links a hard drive to the system bus in a computer?
Well it can vary between high speed SATA or high speed IDE hard drives. They all link into a port on the side or middle of a motherboard. an IDE hard drive is a hard drive with a long rectangular outlet or hookup to the motherboard. A SATA hard drive is a small but reliable plug to the motherboard about half an inch long.
How many hard drive can you connect on a motherboard with 4 sata and 1 ide controller?
To the IDE cable, 2 Hard disks can be connected as Master and Slave.(Hard disks that support IDE). 4 SATA ports could be used for 4 Hard Disks.
Does the motherboard have to be replaced when installing a new hard drive?
No it does not. As long as the motherboard has the proper connectors for the hard drive you are installing, IDE or SATA, you will not have to replace it. If the connectors are different, then return the hard drive and get one with the proper connection type.
How does one convert a IDE hard drive to a SATA hard drive?
You cannot do that. SATA and IDE are not compatible. What you can do is to buy special expension card which can work with SATA drives. For instance, http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815124022
How do you run an SATA hard drive on a computer that's based on PATA?
Sata is a different kind of disk. If your computer onlyhas a PATA drive connection you won't be able to run SATA. You should be able to find a SATA disk controller or upgrade your motherboard.
What should be checked in order when a new IDE hard drive is not recognized?
The SATA connector cable, or whatever connector cable you have from the drive to the motherboard.
What does a SATA cable do?
SATA, or serial advanced technology attachment, connects the motherboard to hard drives and optical drives. This cable is inserted into the SATA slot on the motherboard.
How do you set external hard drive toboot in bios?
In order to do that your motherboard should support boot from USB, Fireware or E-SATA. If it does, you need to go to BIOS options and choose option "Boot from USB device..." or something like that. E-SATA and should be available as any other hard drive. Same is true for Fireware.
Does the ASUS M4A785-M motherboard support SATA hard drives?
Yes it does. 6 xSATA 3 Gb/s
Can you replace eide hard drive with a sata hard drive?
No. IDE Hard Drive cannot be replaced with a Sata Hard Drive because the connectors are different. example. if you have sata hard drive installed on your machine. and you purchase IDE Hard drive. you won't be able to install the IDE hard drive where the Sata hard drive was because the IDE connectors are a different shape and size towards the Sata hard drive connectors.
