Guys -
I'm kinda confused about something.  I have a 320gb SATA drive but when I look in the BIOS it shows up as IDE.  Is it suppose to be this way?  See pic in the link.
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c192/smileychgo/100_0290.jpg
Thanks,

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Guys -
I'm kinda confused about something.  I have a 320gb SATA drive but when I look in the BIOS it shows up as IDE.  Is it suppose to be this way?  See pic in the link.
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c192/smileychgo/100_0290.jpg
Thanks,

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