topic Re: Upgrading to Serial ATA 10,000 RPM in PCs & Accessories https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/upgrading-to-serial-ata-10-000-rpm/m-p/129431#M33754 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hy<BR /><BR />welcome on this forum<BR /><BR /><BR />Use <A href="http://www.lavalys.com/products.php?lang=en" target="_blank">Everest Home Edition</A> for hardware info.<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 24 Jan 2005 00:34:47 GMT seb21__ 2005-01-24T00:34:47Z Upgrading to Serial ATA 10,000 RPM https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/upgrading-to-serial-ata-10-000-rpm/m-p/129430#M33753 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Ok straight to the point here...I have a PCV-RS314E I would like to put a Serial ATA hard drive for an upgrade and it will run as my boot drive, my original hard drive will be just for my storage. Now can my mother board support this Serial ATA hard Drive? Thanks for any info.<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 22:05:57 GMT https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/upgrading-to-serial-ata-10-000-rpm/m-p/129430#M33753 myforunner 2005-01-23T22:05:57Z Re: Upgrading to Serial ATA 10,000 RPM https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/upgrading-to-serial-ata-10-000-rpm/m-p/129431#M33754 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hy<BR /><BR />welcome on this forum<BR /><BR /><BR />Use <A href="http://www.lavalys.com/products.php?lang=en" target="_blank">Everest Home Edition</A> for hardware info.<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 24 Jan 2005 00:34:47 GMT https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/upgrading-to-serial-ata-10-000-rpm/m-p/129431#M33754 seb21__ 2005-01-24T00:34:47Z Re: Upgrading to Serial ATA 10,000 RPM https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/upgrading-to-serial-ata-10-000-rpm/m-p/129432#M33755 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Before you rush out and buy this drive please wait for confirmation from someone who knows.<BR /><BR />I don't know your model but I believe you would need an IDE drive. I say this because a SATA drive will need (I think) a sepearate interface card.<BR /><BR />I could well be wrong!<BR /><BR />William<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 24 Jan 2005 08:26:59 GMT https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/upgrading-to-serial-ata-10-000-rpm/m-p/129432#M33755 William 2005-01-24T08:26:59Z Re: Upgrading to Serial ATA 10,000 RPM https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/upgrading-to-serial-ata-10-000-rpm/m-p/129433#M33756 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I agree with William.<BR /><BR />Look <A href="http://www.tekheads.co.uk/s/product?product=602885" target="_blank">this</A> on for example<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 24 Jan 2005 09:30:24 GMT https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/upgrading-to-serial-ata-10-000-rpm/m-p/129433#M33756 seb21__ 2005-01-24T09:30:24Z Re: Upgrading to Serial ATA 10,000 RPM https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/upgrading-to-serial-ata-10-000-rpm/m-p/129435#M33757 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Yes William, you need a PCI card to connect SATA drives unless the motherboard supports it (in this case it doesn't).<BR /><BR />They're normally around £20.<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 24 Jan 2005 14:57:11 GMT https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/upgrading-to-serial-ata-10-000-rpm/m-p/129435#M33757 kee-lo_ 2005-01-24T14:57:11Z Re: Upgrading to Serial ATA 10,000 RPM https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/upgrading-to-serial-ata-10-000-rpm/m-p/129437#M33758 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Can they be cohfigured as a boot drive?<BR /><BR />William<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 24 Jan 2005 15:09:44 GMT https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/upgrading-to-serial-ata-10-000-rpm/m-p/129437#M33758 William 2005-01-24T15:09:44Z Re: Upgrading to Serial ATA 10,000 RPM https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/upgrading-to-serial-ata-10-000-rpm/m-p/129439#M33759 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Yes I think it can.<BR />Usually the BIOS adds it to the boot list<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 24 Jan 2005 16:40:50 GMT https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/upgrading-to-serial-ata-10-000-rpm/m-p/129439#M33759 kee-lo_ 2005-01-24T16:40:50Z Re: Upgrading to Serial ATA 10,000 RPM https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/upgrading-to-serial-ata-10-000-rpm/m-p/129441#M33760 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Yes they definately can (else you can shoot me LOL), most of these cards have what is known as Option-ROM BIOS installed so that when the main system BIOS calls Option-ROM handlers and loaders before or during a POST procedure, the add-on Option-ROM BIOS is loaded and provides Boot support - much the same way as the messages such as this:<BR /><BR />nVidia Riva TNT2 Model 64 BIOS Version 2.14 Rev. A<BR />32.00MB SDRAM<BR /><BR />are displayed for newer graphics cards...<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 24 Jan 2005 23:13:47 GMT https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/upgrading-to-serial-ata-10-000-rpm/m-p/129441#M33760 jammold 2005-01-24T23:13:47Z Re: Upgrading to Serial ATA 10,000 RPM https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/upgrading-to-serial-ata-10-000-rpm/m-p/129443#M33761 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Yeah I thought they had ROM.<BR />Wonder if the wireless cards have that too, so you can WOL<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 25 Jan 2005 15:51:15 GMT https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/upgrading-to-serial-ata-10-000-rpm/m-p/129443#M33761 kee-lo_ 2005-01-25T15:51:15Z Re: Upgrading to Serial ATA 10,000 RPM https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/upgrading-to-serial-ata-10-000-rpm/m-p/129445#M33762 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>WOL?<BR /><BR />Ah you mean Wake On LAN<BR /><BR /><BR />My LAN card on my PCG-FR315S can this, but with wireless, I don't know?<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 25 Jan 2005 15:57:34 GMT https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/upgrading-to-serial-ata-10-000-rpm/m-p/129445#M33762 seb21__ 2005-01-25T15:57:34Z