On Monday 13 December 2004 09:04 pm, Joe and Colleen Huber wrote:
> I feel like an idiot asking this... throw caution to the wind... what's the
> difference between SATA and UATA 133?

SATA is the new standrad, UATA133 is the latest incarnation of the old IDE/ATA 
standard. They are not interchangable without adapters[1]. As far as support 
with your version of Linux, you may want to check out the SATA Chipset Linux 
Support Status page[2]. Since your system is already SATA, it would probably 
be best to buy a SATA drive instead of using either a UATA drive w/adapter or 
a UATA drive w/a PCI->IDE card.

It sounds like you can use SATA in "legacy ATA mode" assuming your system's 
BIOS supports this. Also, you *might* have UATA connectors on your 
motherboard and could plug in a UATA drive directly w/o the PCI card.

[1] http://www.newegg.com/app/manufactory.asp?catalog=353&DEPA=0
[2] http://www.linuxmafia.com/faq/Hardware/sata.html
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