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I was helping a friend of mine build a computer when I realized a few things that I can't remember or don't know.
IDE= Older hard drives and CD/DVD-ROM
SATA = newer hard drives
EIDE = ??????
PATA= ????? (Is this floppy?)
SCSI = Expensive. Hot swappable.
Can some one confirm that for me?
Also do hard drives or RAM need drivers?
If hard drives do how would they function with out a previous file system or operating system on the drive? It doesnt seem logic unless it was stored in the BIOS or the ram...
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Interface Terminoligy And other stuffs that need to be solved.
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Posted 08 July 2008 - 10:11 AM
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Posted 08 July 2008 - 07:09 PM
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IDE= Older hard drives and CD/DVD-ROM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrated_Drive_Electronics
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SATA = newer hard drives
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SATA
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EIDE = ??????
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EIDE
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PATA= ????? (Is this floppy?)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallel_Adva...logy_Attachment
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SCSI = Expensive. Hot swappable.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCSI#Other_SCSI_interfaces
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Also do hard drives or RAM need drivers?
No, but you need a driver for the hard drive bus. That is included wiyh the motherboard drivers
This post has been edited by garmanma: 08 July 2008 - 07:21 PM
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why won't my laptop work?
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Posted 09 July 2008 - 09:21 AM
Hehe thanks
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