Can I put my IDE hard drive in a S-ATA slot

[chewEboy]

ok im getting confused now I wanna upgrade my system and theres some sort of new hard drive out this S-ATA or what have ya. need a new mother board but how can I tell if my old hard drive will still work with the board. do all hard drives fit in S-ATA slots? will I need to get a new S-ATA drive?

[FastGame]

The SATA MB's still have regular IDE slots for your HD, you can also get IDE to SATA converters if you want.

your ok :)

[chewEboy]

so am I gonna need a sata converter???

I deff want this board now

Asus A8V Deluxe

3 x storage - ATA-133 - 40 PIN IDC ¦ 4 x storage - Serial ATA-150 - 7 pin Serial ATA ¦ 1 x storage - floppy interface - 34 PIN IDC ¦ 6 x Hi-Speed USB - 4 PIN USB Type A ¦ 1 x parallel - IEEE 1284 (EPP/ECP) - 25 pin D-Sub (DB-25) ¦ 1 x serial - RS-232 - 9 pin D-Sub (DB-9) ¦ 1 x keyboard - generic - 6 pin mini-DIN (PS/2 style) ¦ 1 x mouse - generic - 6 pin mini-DIN (PS/2 style) ¦ 1 x network - Ethernet 10Base-T/100Base-TX/1000Base-T - RJ-45 ¦ IEEE 1394 (FireWire) ¦ 1 x audio - SPDIF output - RCA ¦ 1 x audio - SPDIF output ¦ Audio - input / output ¦ 1 x gameport / MIDI - generic - 15 pin D-Sub (DB-15) ¦ 2 x audio - line-In - 4 PIN MPC

[FastGame]

@chewEboy, how many IDE drives do you have ? that MB should be fine :)

[chewEboy]

lol just seen that, its actualy a server MB
but I picked it cos I wanted it to be made by ASUS because I trust em and I need a AGP x8 on it. so had to get that board. Just to dubble check it is going to work with a amd skt 939 3400

[FastGame]

Just to dubble check it is going to work with a amd skt 939 3400
Yes :)

[Curio]

ATA-133 - that's your PATA.