E-IDE question?

[Rich_T]

Hey all,

Could someone please tell me how E-IDE is diffrent from IDE?
My mobo is an asus a7v333 will it support it? Will I need to buy a diffrent cable? Also what does ATAPI connection mean.

Any help would be appriciated

Thanks

Rich_T

[ninthebin]

*EDIT* sorry dunno where i went there

EIDE is what all IDE is now these days, it just took over from IDE as that limited stuff (as per)

http://www.burstnet.com/cgi-bin/ads/ba7445a.cgi/2161/RETURN-CODE

[sm0x]

The original IDE specification could only support drives of up to 528MB. The ATA version 2, also known as E-IDE, was developed to support drives of several gigabytes in size.

ATAPI = AT Attachment Packet Interface. This interface allows non-hard drive devices like CD-RW's and DVD's to be used on the ATA interface. I don't know about the asus a7v333, but any modern mobo should support E-IDE.

[Rich_T]

I understand now, thanks guys :)

Rich_T