Is harddrive compatable

[dman32]

hey guys

I need your option please to see if this harddrive would be compatable with my system heres the specs for my MoBo, after that list I list the Harddrive specs. Now this new harddrive will be added as a slave if that matters.

SY-6VBA133

66/100/133 MHz FSB Pentium II/III Processor Based ATX Mainboard With AGP Port

Specifications
Processor
* Click here for maximum CPU support
Interface
* Slot 1
Chipset Type
* VIA 693
Chipset Description
* VIA Apollo PRO133 Two-Chip AGPset
Form Factor
* ATX
Memory Type
* SDRAM
Memory Description
* 4x168-pin SDRAM DIMM support up to 1.25GB (512MB modules with 32Mx8 chips only and 256MB modules with 16Mx8 chips only)
* Supports PC133/PC100 ECC SDRAM
Expansion Slots
* 5 x 32 bit Bus Mastering PCI slots (v2.1 compliant)
* 2 x 16 bit ISA slots (one PCI/ISA shared slot)
* 1 x 32 bit AGP slot (v1.0 compliant) AGP 1x/2x
IDE Description
* Supports 2 independent channels for 4 IDE devices
* Supports up to PIO mode 4 and Ultra DMA33/66
* 2 PCI bus Mastering ATA E-IDE ports
IO Port Description
* ITE 8671F-A chip
* 2 RS-232 Serial Ports(16550 UART compatible)
* 1 Parallel Printer Port (SPP/EPP/ECP mode)
* 1 FDD port (supports LS120, 3 mode, 1.2/1.44/2.88 MB FDD
* Provides IrDA port with optional cable for transceiver
IO Connection Description
* PS/2 Mini-DIN mouse& keyboard ports
* 2 USB ports
* 2 D-Sub 9-pin male serial ports
* 1 D-Sub 25 pin female printer port
BIOS Description
* Award PCI BIOS with green ACPI, APM, plug and play, DMI functions
* Supports multi-boot from E-IDE/SCSI/CD-ROM/FDD/LS120/ZIP
* 2 Mbit Flash ROM
Health Monitoring Description
* The PCI bus speed is automatically set between 30 MHz and 401MHz regardless of FSB setting
* CPU core voltage may be increased in inncrements of 2.5%, 5%, 7.5% and 10%
Dimension Description
* 4 Layer PCB, 30.5cm x 19cm(12"x7.5")
* ATX form factor

Supports PC100 and PC133 SDRAM
* Supports ATA 33/66 hard disks
* Supports 29 selectable sets of system/PCI clock speeds inside BIOS directly
* Innovative Sofset for CPU installation
* Supports on board hardware monitoring and Hardware Doctor utility to streamline PC management
* Supports WOL (Wake On LAN) function to simplify network management
* Provides SOYO COMBO setup - an user friendly mighty features setup on BIOS for professsional users
* PC 98 ACPI compliant
* Advanced Management Capabilities

HARDDRIVE SPECS:
Western Digital Caviar 40GB / 7200 / 2MB / 8.9 / ATA-100 EIDE Hard Drive

Specifications:

* Capacity (GB): 40
* Interface: EIDE
* Spindle Speed (RPM): 7200
* Buffer Memory: 2MB
* Average Seek (msec): 8.9

Additional Specifications:

* Access time: 8.9ms
* Compression : (Native/Uncompressed)
* Data Storage Device Type: Locally attached (internal or external) device Hard Drive
* Device Type: Internal hard drive
* Data Transfer Rate: 100MB per second ATA/100
* Compression: (Native/Uncompressed)
* Form Factor (Drive): 3.5-inch low profile

[Beta Geek]

It should work, but it looks like your IDE is a DMA66 max. This means that you won't reach the capabilities of the ATA100 hard drive

[dman32]

You saying its no good for me? ATA/100 won't be work very well with my system ?

[mjc]

It will work, but not reach its maximu speed/potential...

[dman32]

ohhh ok
Well sense it'll be a second HD I guess there won't be any harm installing in even though it won't reach max speed basically I just store stuff I rarely use but still need(pics,progams, files,etc) everyday use programs I'll run with my master.

thanks for the quick reply guys.

[dman32]

I've been looking for you thats the same to see the price differnece but couldn'r find any from the online store I deal with does anyone know where I could get one thats ATA33/66 ?

[Budfred]

About the only way to find a 33/66 ATA drive these days is used on eBay...

[Steve]

You can get some DMA66 drives HERE (http://www.compgeeks.com/products.asp?cat=HDD) .

Scroll down the list. There are several in there. I've bought several things from this company. Always good service. :)

[dman32]

those are all used I was lookin for new (less problems). Is there anything I can add so I can use the maximum speed/potential, like changing or adding a hard drive interface card?

[mjc]

Basically....no, you won't find very many places selling new ones.

Also the ATA rating is not going to be important to your system...the rest of it, even with a new IDE card will not be up to handling the full 100/133 efficiently....

The spindle speed of the drive will be more of an improvement than ATA 100 over ATA 66 will be.

[dman32]

thanks mjc
My may concern was running into problems after I purchased and being able to return it but you cleared that up for me thanks.