UltraDMA???

[vegetash]

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=13-130-449&depa=1

thats the mobo im looking into getting

IDE: 2x UltraDMA 133 up to 4 Devices

thats what it says

and the hd i have says:

Interface: IDE ULTRA ATA100

is it backwards compatible?

also, that mobo says it supports DDR 400 ram and i got the corsair valueselect ddr400 ram so i assume it works?

i just wanna make sure i dont mess up again (see: Please say its ok!!! thread)

 

[burningrave101]

Ultra DMA will support 133/100/66 hard drives. So yes its backwards compatible. Normal IDE ATA 100 only supports 100/66 drives.

Your motherboard will run any speed of DDR whether is be PC2100 or PC4000. Its recommended to use DDR400 (PC3200) though because thats what speed you'll need in order to run 1:1 with the FSB by default without overclocking.

 

[vegetash]

thanks for the help, man, i feel so nervous ordering since i messed up earlier (got socket 940 instead of 754) im building for someone else and theres alot of new stuff out im not used to

 

[burningrave101]

Originally posted by vegetash
thanks for the help, man, i feel so nervous ordering since i messed up earlier (got socket 940 instead of 754) im building for someone else and theres alot of new stuff out im not used to

No problem dude.

Yea you would have a hard time getting that A64 to sit on a socket 940 FX-51 board lol.