ashish318 Posted June 12, 2006 Share Posted June 12, 2006 I was just going through system profiler and i noticed the following in the SATA tab.. Can someone please tell me whether my hard disk is actually using SATA or not, as in the protocol it says ATA. I am attaching the relevant screenshot as well Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/19605-sata/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
node64 Posted June 12, 2006 Share Posted June 12, 2006 That would appear that it is a sata drive yes. if it connects to ur motherboard with a cable like this then it is sata Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/19605-sata/#findComment-128425 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashish318 Posted June 12, 2006 Author Share Posted June 12, 2006 Yes.. That I am aware of. My HDD is def. a SATA drive but if i look at the system profiler it tells me that the protocol is ATA. Was just wonderig if this was normal? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/19605-sata/#findComment-128428 Share on other sites More sharing options...
node64 Posted June 12, 2006 Share Posted June 12, 2006 sata is a type of ata Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/19605-sata/#findComment-128431 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman78 Posted June 12, 2006 Share Posted June 12, 2006 Sata mean Seriel ATA, so SATA is a kind of ATA. So No problem. If he wont use Sata he wont boot. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/19605-sata/#findComment-128452 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morden Posted June 12, 2006 Share Posted June 12, 2006 Are features like NCQ supported by Mac OS X? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/19605-sata/#findComment-128456 Share on other sites More sharing options...
U.C. Posted June 12, 2006 Share Posted June 12, 2006 I think that is programmed into your HDD's firmware. HDD's donot have drivers. ATA Controllers do, but not HDD's. Most ATA controllers work with generic drivers too. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/19605-sata/#findComment-128498 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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