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Question posted by triziaandrea on January 5th, 2013

What Hard Disk Drive Should I Use

whar hard disk drive should i use?

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Answer #1: Posted by tintinb on January 6th, 2013 9:22 AM

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Based on the features from the support website of ASRock, ASRock G31M-GS has the following ports for Hard Disk Drives.

4 x SATA2 3.0 Gb/s connectors
1 x ATA100 IDE connector

This means that you can use hard disk drives with ATA or SATA interface. You can purchase both SATA and ATA hard disk drives from Amazon. I have provided links below for your easy purchase. ATA/SATA Hard Disk Drives from Amazon

Other specifications of ASRock G31M-GS motherboard.

http://www.asrock.com/mb/intel/g31m-gs/

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Related ASRock G31M-GS Manual Pages

User Manual - Page 8

... situation, PCIE frequency will operate in the BIOS, applying Untied Overclocking Technology, or using the thirdparty overclocking tools. Please refer to 120MHz. Please read the installation guide of... done at your SATAII hard disk drive to adjust the jumpers. It should be less than 4GB for the reservation for proper installation. 5. This motherboard supports Dual Channel Memory ...

User Manual - Page 20

...devices 80-conductor ATA 66/100 cable Note: Please refer to the power connector on the motherboard. Then connect the white end of SATA power cable to 3.0 Gb/s data transfer rate...IDE1, see p.10 No. 20) Pin1 FLOPPY1 the red-striped side to the SATA / SATAII hard disk or the SATAII connector on each drive. Serial ATA (SATA) Data Cable (Optional) Either end of the SATA data cable can be ...

User Manual - Page 24

... remove the jumpers from pin 5 and pin 6. In order to enable SATAII function, please follow the below SATAII hard disk setup guide. Please visit the vendors' website for changing various ATA features. HITACHI Please use the Feature Tool, a DOS-bootable tool, for the updates. 24 SAMSUNG 7531 8642 If pin 3 and pin 4 are...

User Manual - Page 25

... BIOS setup to set the selection from up to bottom side to [CPU, PCIE, Async.]. STEP 1: Install the SATA / SATAII hard disks into the drive bays of the SATA data cable to the motherboard's SATAII connector. Then, the drivers compatible to your chassis. Please follow the order from [Auto] to install those required drivers...

User Manual - Page 36

...[SATA 1, SATA 3, IDE 1], and [IDE 1, SATA 2, SATA 4]. Likewise, if it is used. +F1 F9 F10 ESC Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Load Defaults Save and Exit ... IDE Configuration ATA/IDE Configuration SATAII 1 SATAII 2 SATAII 3 SATAII 4 IDE1 Master IDE1 Slave [Enhanced] [Hard Disk] [Not Detected] [Not Detected] [Not Detected] [ATAPI CDROM] [Not Detected] Set [Compatible] when...

User Manual - Page 37

.... [Auto]: Select [Auto] to configure the type of the IDE device that you specify. LBA/Large Mode Use this item to automatically detect the hard disk drive. TYPE Use this item to partition and format the new IDE hard disk drives. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Primary IDE Master Device Vendor Size LBA Mode Block Mode PIO Mode Async...

User Manual - Page 38

... 32-bit access to enable or disable the PCI IDE BusMaster feature. 38 Configuration options: [Disabled], [Auto], [Enabled]. 32-Bit Data Transfer Use this item to maximize the IDE hard disk data transfer rate. 3.4.5 PCIPnP Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Advanced PCI / PnP Settings PCI Latency Timer PCI IDE BusMaster [32] [Enabled] Value...

User Manual - Page 42

...Use this option to adjust AddOn ROM Display. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Smart Advanced H/W Monitor Boot Security Exit Boot Settings Boot Settings Configuration Configure Settings during System Boot. 1st Boot Device 2nd Boot Device 3rd Boot Device 4th Boot Device Hard Disk Drives Removable Drives CD/DVD Drives... normal POST messages. AddOn ROM Display Use this item to enable or disable OEM...

User Manual (VIA) - Page 8

...system by hardware monitor function and overclock your SATAII hard disk drive to SATAII mode. Please check Intel® website... in the BIOS, applying Untied Overclocking Technology, or using the thirdparty overclocking tools. It should be overclocked to...-CPU will also be done at your system. This motherboard supports Untied Overclocking Technology. Overclocking may be less than ...

User Manual (VIA) - Page 20

... of SATA power cable to the SATA / SATAII hard disk or the SATAII connector on each drive. The current SATAII interface allows up to Pin1 Note...motherboard to the IDE devices 80-conductor ATA 66/100 cable Note: Please refer to the power connector of the connector. FDD connector (33-pin FLOPPY1) (see p.10, No. 11) These Serial ATAII (SATAII) connectors support SATAII or SATA hard disk...

User Manual (VIA) - Page 24

... 7531 8642 If pin 5 and pin 6 are shorted, SATA 1.5Gb/s will be at SATAII mode. HITACHI Please use the Feature Tool, a DOS-bootable tool, for the updates. 24 For different SATAII hard disk products of SATAII hard disks may fail to run at SATAII mode, which operate with the best performance. On the other hand...

User Manual (VIA) - Page 25

...drive first. STEP 1: Install the SATA / SATAII hard disks into the drive bays of BIOS setup to set the selection from up to bottom side to the SATA / SATAII hard disk. Then, the drivers compatible to install the SATA / SATAII hard disks...ATA (SATA) / Serial ATAII (SATAII) hard disks. You may install SATA / SATAII hard disks on this motherboard for the possible overclocking risk before you ...

User Manual (VIA) - Page 36

...3, SATA 4], [SATA 1, SATA 3, IDE 1], or [IDE 1, SATA 2, SATA 4] when the installed device is used . Likewise, if it is used with legacy OS. [SATA 1, SATA 2, SATA 3, SATA 4] [SATA 1, SATA 3, IDE 1] [IDE 1, SATA.../IDE Configuration SATAII 1 SATAII 2 SATAII 3 SATAII 4 IDE1 Master IDE1 Slave [Enhanced] [Hard Disk] [Not Detected] [Not Detected] [Not Detected] [ATAPI CDROM] [Not Detected] Set ...

User Manual (VIA) - Page 37

... Removable Media Device), such as FDISK, to automatically detect the hard disk drive. DMA Mode DMA capability allows the improved transfer-speed and data-integrity for a hard disk > 512 MB under DOS and Windows; This is used for Netware and UNIX user, select [Disabled] to enhance hard disk performance by reading or writing more data during each transfer...

User Manual (VIA) - Page 38

... is 32. PCI Latency Timer The default value is recommended to enable or disable the S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology) feature. S.M.A.R.T. Use this item to maximize the IDE hard disk data transfer rate. 3.4.5 PCIPnP Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Advanced PCI / PnP Settings PCI Latency Timer PCI IDE BusMaster [32] [Enabled] Value...

User Manual (VIA) - Page 42

...Item Enter Go to adjust AddOn ROM Display. The default value is [Enabled]. Full Screen Logo Use this item to see the AddOn ROM information when the system boots, please select [Enabled]. If... System Boot. 1st Boot Device 2nd Boot Device 3rd Boot Device 4th Boot Device Hard Disk Drives Removable Drives CD/DVD Drives [1st Floppy Device] [HDD: PM - Enabled: Displays OEM Logo instead of ...

Quick Installation Guide - Page 7

... Windows® XP and Windows® VistaTM. You can also connect SATA hard disk to 120MHz. ASRock website: http://www.asrock.com 7 ASRock G31M-GS / G31M-S Motherboard English Please read the installation guide of "User Manual" in the BIOS, applying Untied Overclocking Technology, or using the third-party overclocking tools. For Windows® XP 64-bit and...

Quick Installation Guide - Page 16

...of the power supply. 16 ASRock G31M-GS / G31M-S Motherboard English Then connect the white end of the connector. Primary IDE connector (Blue) (39-pin IDE1, see p.2 No. 7) connect the blue end to the motherboard connect the black end to the IDE... p.2 No. 20) the red-striped side to the instruction of SATA power cable to the SATA / SATAII hard disk or the SATAII connector on each drive.

Quick Installation Guide - Page 20

.... Please refer to your chassis. 2 . 7 Serial ATA (SATA) / Serial ATAII (SATAII) Hard Disks Installation This motherboard adopts Intel® ICH7 south bridge chipset that FSB can operate under a more stable overclocking environment. Before you apply Untied Overclocking Technology. 20 ASRock G31M-GS / G31M-S Motherboard English This section will guide you install can work properly...

Quick Installation Guide - Page 21

... BIOS Setup program is designed to display the menus. 21 ASRock G31M-GS / G31M-S Motherboard English The Support CD that came with its various sub-menus and... (POST) to the User Manual (PDF file) contained in your CD-ROM drive. otherwise, POST continues with the motherboard contains necessary drivers and useful utilities that will display the Main Menu automatically if "AUTORUN" is a menu...