If you install a SATA III (6Gb/s) SSD to replace the internal hard drive, link speed is negotiated at SATA I (1.5Gb/s) speeds and not at the full SATA II (3Gb/s) speed supported by the board.

Read times on both drives are the same with 16x for DVDs and 48x for CDs. Where the iHAS322 has a win over the Blu-ray enabled iHES208 is in DVD write speeds with a 22x rating versus the 16x on ...

Once the SATA drivers have been downloaded, you should extract them to a folder on your hard drive. In our example, we have extracted the drivers into the C:\SATA Driver folder.

I need to get a new DVD drive for one of my machines, and I'd like to know if I would be able to boot from a SATA DVD drive on an Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe motherboard. I know that it can boot from SATA ...

Need to reinstall XP on my Abit AX8 system, but since the last time I installed it, the IDE DVD burner died. I replaced it with a shiny new Pioneer DVD burner - which is SATA!<BR><BR>Of course, I ...

The Plextor PX-810SA DVD Super Multi Drive is a great performing CD/DVD burner. Its SATA connection opens up bandwidth to allow greater data throughput than EIDE/ATA. It doesn't support HD burning ...