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nicke261192

28-01-2007 12:58

ata-6 and ultra ata/100

looking at replacing a hdd in a laptop to a bigger size. my interface is ata-6 and a harddrive i have found is ultra ata/100 i dont get it? is it the same?

SnoopZ

28-01-2007 13:24

Re: ata-6 and ultra ata/100

I believe ATA6 = ATA133 so you should be able to buy an ATA133 hard drive, although the ATA100 will work also but it's slower. Wait until Zingle gets here though incase i'm wrong! ;)

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This tells you what it is. http://www.buildorbuy.org/atapi.html

Quote:

ATA-6 (ATA-100) (5 DMA Mode) (100.0 Transfer rate MBytes/sec)
ATA-6 (ATA-133) (6 DMA Mode) (133 Transfer rate MBytes/sec)

zing_deleted

28-01-2007 14:07

Re: ata-6 and ultra ata/100

ATA 133 was invented by maxtor afaik there is a gnats small things difference in the two

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