On Thu, 20 Sep 2007 13:48:45 -0600 Karl Larsen <k5di@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Today I installed the SATA hard drive I ordered and on the > motherboard I found a SATA power plug and I plugged this drive into the > SATA1 plug. I looked at the BIOS and it calls it an IDE drive but way > out in position. I saw no way to tell BIOS it is really a SATA drive. I > guess this is normal :-) There is a lot of deliberate back compatibility there. This is fine