13 Jun 2007 at 02:33 #1 Craig321 Craig321 Soldato Joined 2 May 2004 Posts 19,950 Hi, I just wondered what the GSATA ports are for (the 2 purple ones running on the Gigabyte SATA chip rather than the South bridge)? Thanks, Craig.
Hi, I just wondered what the GSATA ports are for (the 2 purple ones running on the Gigabyte SATA chip rather than the South bridge)? Thanks, Craig.
13 Jun 2007 at 03:25 #2 stoofa stoofa Soldato Joined 4 Mar 2003 Posts 12,522 Location Chatteris For plugging in more SATA devices They are simply more SATA ports on a sperate controller from the yellow Intel ports.
For plugging in more SATA devices They are simply more SATA ports on a sperate controller from the yellow Intel ports.
13 Jun 2007 at 13:49 #3 Craig321 Craig321 Soldato OP Joined 2 May 2004 Posts 19,950 stoofa said: For plugging in more SATA devices They are simply more SATA ports on a sperate controller from the yellow Intel ports. Click to expand... Oh, that simple? Thanks, Craig
stoofa said: For plugging in more SATA devices They are simply more SATA ports on a sperate controller from the yellow Intel ports. Click to expand... Oh, that simple? Thanks, Craig
13 Jun 2007 at 16:25 #4 Cob Cob Soldato Joined 30 Jul 2006 Posts 18,487 Location Antrim town The extra Gigabyte (actually JMicron) chip has been added to provide the single IDE slot (Intel dumped IDE from the p965 chipset). The fact that it can provide extra SATA ports is a very welcome bonus.
The extra Gigabyte (actually JMicron) chip has been added to provide the single IDE slot (Intel dumped IDE from the p965 chipset). The fact that it can provide extra SATA ports is a very welcome bonus.
