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SATA cables order to motherboard

Apr 7, 2010 5:00AM PDT

On my motherboard there are six SATA plug in locations. I was wondering if there is an order that the devices should be plugged like the IDE of old. I know there are no jumpers to set but just curious.

Thanks,
RON C

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My choice here.
Apr 7, 2010 7:00AM PDT

I used the ports in order from 0 and up (0,1,2,3,4) and put the boot drive on zero and then installed Windows 7 without much fuss. About all I can warn about is to label what drive goes to what port to avoid finding out what happens when you mix them up later.
Bob

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Apr 7, 2010 7:23AM PDT

Bob,

Thanks.

I did the same but was wondering whether there was a performance difference having say the boot and DVD following each other (I remember back when all master/slave stuff was crucial).

RON C

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I'm going with no. But let me share a finding.
Apr 7, 2010 9:47AM PDT
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Apr 8, 2010 4:55AM PDT

Bob,

Thanks.

I found updated RAID software and installed it. Seems like an improvement in disk i/o as system doesn't thrash as much on large files (but it could be my mental clock is off).

RON C

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That's what I noticed too.
Apr 8, 2010 5:15AM PDT

After the Intel other item that I never found I needed before 7, the machine picked up some speed that made all the difference from me wondering what was dogging the machine to "hey, this is nice."
Bob

PS. Sorry, I got nothing else here.