On 06/01/13 23:50, steve-ALUG@hst.me.uk wrote:
If not, rather than getting a new MOBO, you could get a new SATA card
- but make sure it says it'll support bootin Satas disks. You could
probably get one for about a tenner, depending on what type of card you need.
If you go down this route, there are things to be aware of. Obviously you'll have to get a card that fits in your expansion bus e.g PCI, PCI Express, or even ISA!
If the disks have a very large capacity there's a possibility that the card's BIOS or your system BIOS might not be able to read from it.
There are "Revisions" of SATA. 1, 2, 3, 3.1, 3.2 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_ATA
A disk that runs on SATA 2, might not be controllable (or bootable) from a SATA 1 controller. I ran into this problem with my PC, when I updated my disks to larger ones. The new disks were bigger capacity and SATA 2, and my MOBO BIOS could only drive small SATA 1 disks, so I had to get a SATA controller card to drive them.
Also, just to reiterate, make sure the card will supports booting from SATA disks - I think some don't.
HTH Steve