First post, by ncmark
I am running PCLinux on an Asus A7V600 board, which has both ATA133 and SATA connectors. I am currently running an ATA133 drive, was thinking of switching to SATA just for the heck of it. But I have never messed with SATA. Would there really be any benefit? Also I have heard there are versions of SATA - would a newer drive not work with this board. And last, I have heard SATA sometimes needs drivers to be loaded by the OS. I would think that the drive would have to be recognized at the BIOS level otherwise how could the OS boot much less load any drivers?